Prediction of 3D slurry flow within the grinding chamber and discharge from a pilot scale SAG mill

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-195

  Cleary, Paul W ^a   Morrison, Rob D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

DEM; Grate; Pulp lifters; SAG mill; Slurry; SPH

Indexed keywords

DEM; GRATE; PULP LIFTERS; SAG MILLS; SPH;

FORECASTING; PIPE FLOW; SLURRIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GRINDING (MACHINING);

EID: 84867083150     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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