Modelling die filling with charged particles using DEM/CFD

Particuology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-235

  Nwose, Emmanuel Nkem ^a   Pei, Chunlei ^a   Wu, Chuan Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Charged particles; Cohesion; DEM; Die filling; Electrostatics; Powder flow

Indexed keywords

2D SIMULATIONS; COHESION; CRITICAL FILLING SPEED; DEM; DIE FILLING; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; LONG RANGE; LOWER CRITICAL; PACKING STRUCTURE; POWDER FLOW; POWDER FLOW BEHAVIOUR;

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIES; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; SPEED; VACUUM;

FILLING;

EID: 84862801340     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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