Fast spot-based multiscale simulations of granular drainage

Powder Technology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Rycroft, Chris H ^a,b   Wong, Yee Lok ^c   Bazant, Martin Z ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granular materials; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ELASTIC RELAXATION; EVENT DRIVEN; FLOW PROFILE; FREE SURFACES; INTERSTITIAL FREE; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION METHOD; NEAR-WALL; PARTICLE MIXING; PARTICLE PACKINGS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TIME STEP;

GRANULAR MATERIALS; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; REAL TIME CONTROL; SPHERES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELASTICITY; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 77950084471     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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