Effects of size polydispersity on pharmaceutical particle packings

Powders and Grains 2005 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1285-1288

  Bentham, C ^a   Dutt, M ^b   Hancock, B ^c   Elliott, J ^b  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; COORDINATION NUMBER; DIFFERENT SIZES; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATIONS; DISPERSITY; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTERPARTICLE FRICTION; IRREGULAR SHAPE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; MONODISPERSE SPHERES; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURE; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PACKING FRACTIONS; PARTICLE PACKINGS; PHARMACEUTICAL PARTICLES; PHARMACEUTICAL POWDER; POWDER PARTICLES; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SIZE POLYDISPERSITY; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATION; SUCROSE MIXTURES; UNIAXIAL COMPACTION;

COMPACTION; CONTACT ANGLE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROMECHANICS; MIXTURES; POLYDISPERSITY; POWDERS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 84857600096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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