An investigation of the comparative behaviour of alternative contact force models during inelastic collisions

Powder Technology

Volumn 233, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-46

  Thornton, Colin ^a   Cummins, Sharen J ^b   Cleary, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact interaction laws; Discrete element method; Oblique impact; Plastic dissipation; Viscous dissipation

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION; CONTACT DURATION; CONTACT FORCE MODELS; CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT INTERACTION; INELASTIC COLLISION; INELASTIC IMPACT; OBLIQUE IMPACT; PLASTIC DISSIPATION; SURFACE VELOCITY; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FORCED CONVECTION;

VISCOUS FLOW;

PLASTIC;

ALTERNATIVE CONTACT FORCE MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INELASTIC COLLISION; KINEMATICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84867802849     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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