Tangential velocity profiles of granular material within horizontal rotating cylinders modelled using the DEM

Granular Matter

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 587-595

  Third, J R ^a   Scott, D M ^b   Scott, S A ^b   Muller C R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Granular materials; Rotating cylinders; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS;

CYLINDER WALLS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; ROTATING CYLINDERS; SIMULATED SYSTEM; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 84862886468     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: 14347636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-010-0199-2     Document Type: Article

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