Force model considerations for glued-sphere discrete element method simulations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3466-3475

  Kodam, Madhusudhan ^a   Bharadwaj, Rahul ^b   Curtis, Jennifer ^c   Hancock, Bruno ^b   Wassgren, Carl ^a,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete element modeling (DEM); Force model; Glued sphere; Particle shape

Indexed keywords

BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; COLLIDING PARTICLES; COMPLEX PARTICLES; CONTACT DETECTION; CONTACT FORCE MODELS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATIONS; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING (DEM); FORCE MODEL; GLUED SPHERE; HERTZIAN CONTACTS; IRREGULAR PARTICLE; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; PARTICLE COLLISION; PARTICLE GEOMETRIES; PARTICLE SHAPE; POWDER FLOW; POWDER TECHNOLOGY; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SPHERE MODEL; SPHERICAL CONTACT; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SPHEROCYLINDERS; SUPERQUADRICS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLUING; POWDERS; SIMULATORS; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

SPHERES;

EID: 67649404587     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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