Granular flows in rotating drums: A rheological perspective

I Govender - Minerals Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
A review of granular flow in rotating drums, with a specific focus on the underlying rheology,
is presented. The rich coexistence of flow regimes in tumbling mills–the industrial …

Dynamics of non-spherical particles in a rotating drum

O Dubé, E Alizadeh, J Chaouki, F Bertrand - Chemical Engineering Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Considerable amount of experimental work has been performed to elucidate the behavior of
granular flow inside a rotating drum and it has yet to be clearly understood. However, a …

The effect of mixer properties and fill level on granular flow in a bladed mixer

B Remy, BJ Glasser, JG Khinast - AIChE journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The discrete element method was used to study the effect of mixer properties and fill level on
the granular flow of monodisperse, cohesionless spheres in a bladed mixer. For fill levels …

Characterization of mixing and size segregation in a rotating drum by a particle tracking method

E Alizadeh, O Dubé, F Bertrand, J Chaouki - AIChE Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanisms of segregation in solids mixing, even in simple rotating drums, are not
clearly understood. Although most past studies have focused on binary mixtures, this work …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of particle density and fluid properties on mono-dispersed granular flows in a rotating drum

Y Chen, S Suo, M Dong, H Zhong, D Wei, Y Gan - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Due to their simple geometric configuration and involved rich physics, rotating drums have
been widely used to elaborate granular flow dynamics, which is of significant importance in …

Modelling the granular flow in a rotating drum by the Eulerian finite element method

QJ Zheng, AB Yu - Powder technology, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study on the flow behaviours of granular materials in a
rotating drum based on the Eulerian-formulation finite element method (Eulerian FEM). The …

Kinematics of monodisperse and bidisperse granular flows in quasi-two-dimensional bounded heaps

Y Fan, PB Umbanhowar, JM Ottino… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Quasi-two-dimensional bounded heap flow is a useful model for many granular flows in
industry and nature. It belongs to a family of free surface flows—inclined chute flow, rotating …

Difference between static and dynamic angle of repose of uniform sediment grains

NS Cheng, K Zhao - International Journal of Sediment Research, 2017 - Elsevier
In the investigation of sediment transport, it is necessary to differentiate various definitions of
angle of repose (AoR) available in the literature. The static AoR, composed of upper and …

Observations of grain-scale interactions and simulation of dry granular flows in a large-scale flume

SK Bryant, WA Take, ET Bowman - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
A series of 30 tests on dry granular flows were performed using a large-scale flume under
varying source volumes and basal friction conditions to capture grain-scale interactions and …

Investigating the dynamics of cylindrical particles in a rotating drum using multiple radioactive particle tracking

M Rasouli, O Dubé, F Bertrand, J Chaouki - AIChE Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The behavior of granular flows inside rotating drums is an ongoing area of research. Only a
few studies have investigated non‐spherical particles despite the fact that particle shape is …