Vibration induced flow in hoppers: DEM 2D polygon model

Particuology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 455-466

  Fraige, Feras Y ^a   Langston, Paul A ^b   Matchett, Andrew J ^c   Dodds, John ^d  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bulk solids; DEM; Hoppers; Materials handling; Polygon; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOPPERS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MATERIALS HANDLING; ORIFICES; PLANT LAYOUT; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; TRUCKS;

BULK SOLIDS; CIRCULAR PARTICLES; CONTINUUM MODELS; DEM; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; ORIFICE SIZES; PARTICLE DISCHARGES; PARTICLE SHAPES; POINT SOURCES; POLYGON; POLYGON MODELS; POLYGONAL PARTICLES; SHAPED PARTICLES; VIBRATION; VIBRATION AMPLITUDES;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 57049133433     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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