Rapeseed impact against a flat surface: Physical testing and DEM simulation with two contact models

Powder Technology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Wojtkowski, M ^a   Pecen, J ^b   Horabik, J ^a   Molenda, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Contact models; DEM; Impact mechanics; Seed

Indexed keywords

BULK BEHAVIOR; CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT MODELS; CONTACT TIME; DEM; DEM SIMULATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DRY SEEDS; ELASTO-PLASTIC MODELS; FALL TIME; FLAT SURFACES; FREE FALL; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY TEST; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS; MODEL SELECTION; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PHYSICAL TESTING; REALISTIC MATERIALS; RISETIMES; STANDARD METHOD; TIME CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOELASTIC MODELS; VISCOPLASTIC MODELS; WAVE FORMS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; END EFFECTORS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SEED; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TESTING; SURFACES; TIME MEASUREMENT;

SIMULATORS;

ARTICLE; CONTACT STRESS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DRY RAPESEED; ELASTOPLASTIC MODEL; ENDOSPERM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLOSCOPE; RAPESEED; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTIC MODEL; VISCOELASTICITY; WAVEFORM; WET RAPESEED;

EID: 72049100683     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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