Shape and size effects on the packing density of binary spherocylinders

Powder Technology

Volumn 228, Issue , 2012, Pages 284-294

  Meng, Lingyi ^a   Lu, Peng ^a   Li, Shuixiang ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a   Li, Teng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Binary mixture; Non spherical particles; Packing density; Spherocylinder; Volume fraction

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MODEL; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; COUPLING TERMS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LINEAR SUPERPOSITIONS; MIXTURE DENSITY; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; PACKING DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE AND SHAPE; RANDOM PACKING; RELAXATION ALGORITHM; SHAPE AND SIZE; SHAPE AND SIZE EFFECTS; SHAPE EFFECT; SIZE AND SHAPE; SIZE EFFECTS; SPHEROCYLINDERS;

ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SIZE DETERMINATION; SPHERES; VOLUME FRACTION;

BINARY MIXTURES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DENSITY; LABORATORY DEVICE; PACKING DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATION; SPHEROCYLINDER;

EID: 84863453771     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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