Accelerating CFD-DEM simulation of processes with wide particle size distributions

Particuology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-121

  Brosh, Tamir ^a,b   Kalman, Haim ^a   Levy, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Discrete element model; Increased time step; Search algorithm

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FUNCTIONS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING (DEM); PARTICLE ATTRITIONS; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; STRENGTH DISTRIBUTION; TIME STEP;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84896548545     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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