A proposal for discrete modeling of mechanical effects during drying, combining pore networks with DEM

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 872-885

  Kharaghani, Abdolreza ^a   Metzger, Thomas ^a   Tsotsas, Evangelos ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Microcracks; Multiphase; Pore network modeling; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; BOND BREAKAGE; BOND MODELS; CAPILLARY FORCE; CONVECTIVE DRYING; CUBIC PACKING; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE MODELING; DRYING CONDITION; DRYING SIMULATION; LIQUID-PHASE DISTRIBUTION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; MONOSIZED SPHERICAL PARTICLES; MULTIPHASE; ONE-WAY COUPLINGS; PARTICLE AGGREGATES; PORE NETWORK MODELING; PORE NETWORKS; SOFT MATERIAL; VOID SPACE;

AGGREGATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHRINKAGE;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 79952584805     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12318     Document Type: Article

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