Grains3D, a flexible DEM approach for particles of arbitrary convex shape - Part I: Numerical model and validations

Powder Technology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2012, Pages 374-389

  Wachs, Anthony ^a   Girolami, Laurence ^a   Vinay, Guillaume ^a   Ferrer, Gilles ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Compacity; Convex shape; Discrete Element Method; Granular flow; Rotating drum

Indexed keywords

COMPACITY; CONTACT DETECTION; CONVEX BODY; CONVEX SHAPES; CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); FLOW DYNAMICS; GRANULAR FLOWS; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; NUMERICAL CODE; ROTATING DRUMS; SHAPE AND SIZE; TEST CASE; THREE DIMENSIONS;

BOATS; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); GRANULAR MATERIALS; PILES; SPHERES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISTANCE; DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; GILBERT JOHNSON KEERTHI ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84860499395     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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