Experimental validation of polyhedral discrete element model

Powder Technology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 431-442

  Mack, Stuart ^a   Langston, Paul ^b   Webb, Colin ^a   York, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computation; DEM; Granular materials; Hoppers; Non spherical particle; Polyhedra

Indexed keywords

DEM; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; GRANULAR PARTICLES; HOPPER DISCHARGE RATE; HOPPER GEOMETRY; NON-SPHERICAL PARTICLE; PACKING STRUCTURE; POLYHEDRA; POLYHEDRAL PARTICLES; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; STATIC PACKING;

FLOW FIELDS; GEOMETRY; ORIFICES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HOPPERS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ORIFICE LENGTH; CRITICAL ORIFICE WIDTH; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW RATE; FRICTION; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GEOMETRY; HOPPER; HOPPER ARCHING; HOPPER DISCHARGE RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PACKING STRUCTURE; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYHEDRON; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 80054859570     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.08.043     Document Type: Article

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