Determination of lifter design, speed and filling effects in AG mills by 3D DEM

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1135-1142

  Djordjevic, N ^a   Shi, F N ^a   Morrison, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comminution; DEM; Grinding; Modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GYRATORS; STRESSES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

AUTOGENOUS (AG) MILLS; GRINDING EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE FLOW CODE; TUMBLING MILLS;

GRINDING MILLS;

EID: 7544248765     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.06.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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