Numerical investigation of the location of maximum erosive wear damage in elbow: Effect of slurry velocity, bend orientation and angle of elbow

Powder Technology

Volumn 217, Issue , 2012, Pages 467-476

  Zhang, Hao ^a,b   Tan, Yuanqiang ^a   Yang, Dongmin ^a,c   Trias, Francesc Xavier ^b   Jiang, Shengqiang ^a   Sheng, Yong ^c   Oliva, Assensi ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bend orientation; DEM; Puncture point location; Slurry velocity

Indexed keywords

DEM; DENSITY-BASED; EROSIVE WEAR; FLUID-PHASE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE-WALL INTERACTIONS; POINT LOCATION; SOLID-FLUID INTERACTIONS; TRANSPORTATION PROCESS; WEAR PATTERN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID TRANSPORT; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PREDICTION;

EID: 84855252805     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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