Confined granular flow in silos with inserts - Full-scale experiments

Powder Technology

Volumn 222, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-36

  Wojcik M ^a   Tejchman, J ^a   Enstad, G G ^b  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emptying; Experiments; Filling; Insert; Sand; Silo flow

Indexed keywords

DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; EMPTYING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; GRANULAR FLOWS; INSERT; SILO FILLING; SILO FLOW; WALL PRESSURE;

CONFINED FLOW; FILLING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SAND;

EXPERIMENTS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS TESTING; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WALL STRESS;

EID: 84858746706     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.01.031     Document Type: Article

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