Modelling discrete fragmentation of brittle particles

Powder Technology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 731-739

  Bruchmuller J ^a   van Wachem, B G M ^c   Gu, S ^a,b   Luo, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brittle material; Discrete element method; Fragmentation; Particle breakage

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; AUTOGENOUS MILL; BRITTLE MATERIALS; CLOUD FORMATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION; DYNAMIC IMPACTS; EMPIRICAL VALUES; FRAGMENTATION; FRAGMENTATION EVENTS; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODEL PREDICTION; PARTICLE BREAKAGE; PARTICLE MATERIALS; SETTING PARAMETERS;

BRITTLENESS; MATERIALS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MATERIAL STATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; REDUCTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 79952735769     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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