An investigation and optimization of the 'OLDS' elevator using Discrete Element Modeling

Powder Technology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-234

  McBride, W ^a   Cleary, P W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

DEM; Friction; OLDS elevator; Screw conveyor

Indexed keywords

DEM; DEM SIMULATIONS; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; OLDS ELEVATOR; PARTICLE FLOWS; SCREW ELEVATORS;

FLOW SIMULATION; FRICTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SCREW CONVEYORS; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

ELEVATORS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOW RATE; FORCE; FRICTION; GRAIN; MACHINE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SORGHUM; VELOCITY; WHEAT;

EID: 67349120290     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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