Characterisation for Hopper and Stockpile Design

Characterisation of Bulk Solids

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 85-131

  Roberts, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulk solid parameters; Flow function (FF); Instantaneous yield loci (IYL); Mass flow and funnel flow; Run of mine (ROM); Time yield loci (TYL); Wall yield locus (WYL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890232090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305456.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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