DEM prediction of industrial and geophysical particle flows

Particuology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-118

  Cleary, Paul W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

DEM; Granular flow; Landslide; Mill; Mixing; Screen

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; DEM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW DYNAMICS; GRANULAR FLOWS; GRANULAR SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM; MILL MIXING; PARTICLE FLOW; PARTICLE SHAPE; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; PRODUCT QUALITY;

CONFINED FLOW; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LANDSLIDES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 77949485286     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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