Simulation of macroscopic deformation using a sub-particle DEM approach

Powder Technology

Volumn 223, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-26

  Kempton, Leela ^a   Pinson, David ^b   Chew, Sheng ^b   Zulli, Paul ^b   Yu, Aibing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BlueScope Steel   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blast furnace; Cohesive zone; DEM; Particle deformation

Indexed keywords

BONDING MODEL; COHESIVE FORCE; COHESIVE ZONES; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR; DEM; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; EXTERNAL FORCE; FERROUS MATERIALS; IRONMAKING BLAST FURNACE; LIMITING CASE; MACROSCOPIC DEFORMATIONS; MACROSCOPIC EFFECTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PARTICLE DEFORMATION; SHAPE CHANGE; STANDARD MODEL; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTS;

BLAST FURNACES; BONDING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MELTING; TENSILE TESTING;

DEFORMATION;

AGGLOMERATE; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCE; MATERIAL STATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE DEFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84859832073     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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