[HTML][HTML] Investigating laser beam shadowing and powder particle dynamics in directed energy deposition through high-fidelity modelling and high-speed imaging

A Aggarwal, V Pandiyan, C Leinenbach… - Additive Manufacturing, 2024 - Elsevier
Laser beam shadowing in directed energy deposition process occurs when in-flight powder
particles partially block the laser beam, preventing it from fully reaching the melt pool. This …

A coupled CFD-DEM simulation of fracture sealing: effect of lost circulation material, drilling fluid and fracture conditions

C Lin, AD Taleghani, Y Kang, C Xu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Lost circulation could be one of the most troublesome and expensive situations during
drilling, especially in naturally fractured formations. Sealing fractures by granular lost …

Review on the chemical reduction modelling of hematite iron ore to magnetite in fluidized bed reactor

RK Soni, E Chinthapudi, SK Tripathy… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Steel production is considered as one of the major backbones of many economies. Though
blast furnace is the primary route of steel production, the industries are willing to alternatives …

Numerical modeling of structural body deformation under free surface flow based on volume of fluid–discrete element method coupling

X Nan, Z Shen, G Li, J Hou - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we proposed a numerical model based on the coupling of the volume of fluid–
discrete element method and bond particle method (BPM). The simulation of particle …

[HTML][HTML] Fracture sealing performance of granular lost circulation materials at elevated temperature: A theoretical and coupled CFD-DEM simulation study

C Lin, QC Xu, LX Han, G Li, H He, HL Zhou, JP She - Petroleum Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Lost circulation is a common downhole problem of drilling in geothermal and high-
temperature, high-pressure (HTHP) formations. Lost circulation material (LCM) is a regular …

A coupled CFD-DEM numerical simulation of formation and evolution of sealing zones

C Lin, AD Taleghani, Y Kang, C Xu - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lost circulation can be one of the most troublesome situations during drilling, especially in
naturally fractured formations. This situation may lead to serious economic losses because …

Simulation study of micro-proppant carrying capacity of supercritical CO2 (Sc-CO2) in secondary fractures of shale gas reservoirs

B Zhang, CP Zhang, ZY Ma, JP Zhou, XF Liu… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro-proppants with stronger portability have more potential to migrate to the massive micro-
sized secondary fractures (SFs) or natural fractures activated by supercritical CO 2 (Sc-CO …

Study of particle clogging pattern in concrete seepage process based on multi-scale VOF-DEM and experimental comparison

X Nan, J Hou, G Li, Z Shen, W Wen, D Wei - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the clogging behavior of multi-graded particles
within permeable asphalt concrete, and discusses the seepage mechanism. Through the …

CFD-DEM modeling of filtration through conventional and conical geotextile filter systems

SC Ryoo, S Eruçar, TM Evans… - Geosynthetics …, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
A significant contributor to retaining wall structural failure occurs due to inadequate drainage
in the backfill. A numerical model based on a computational fluid dynamics and discrete …

Numerical studies on particle dynamics in a spouted bed

R Raman, PK Mollick, PS Goswami - Industrial & Engineering …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-discrete element method (DEM) technique
has been adopted to examine the dynamic behavior of particles in a rectangular spouted …