Process modeling in the pharmaceutical industry using the discrete element method

WR Ketterhagen, MT am Ende, BC Hancock - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2009 - Elsevier
The discrete element method (DEM) is widely used to model a range of processes across
many industries. This paper reviews current DEM models for several common …

A review of heterogeneous sediments in coastal environments

KT Holland, PA Elmore - Earth-Science Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
The influence of heterogeneous sediment properties on coastal processes is commonly
underestimated due to the difficulty in characterizing and quantifying these types of …

SediFoam: A general-purpose, open-source CFD–DEM solver for particle-laden flow with emphasis on sediment transport

R Sun, H Xiao - Computers & Geosciences, 2016 - Elsevier
With the growth of available computational resource, CFD–DEM (computational fluid
dynamics–discrete element method) becomes an increasingly promising and feasible …

Diffusion-based coarse graining in hybrid continuum–discrete solvers: Theoretical formulation and a priori tests

R Sun, H Xiao - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2015 - Elsevier
Coarse graining is an important ingredient in many multi-scale continuum–discrete solvers
such as CFD–DEM (computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method) solvers for …

Particle based modelling and simulation of natural sand dynamics in the wave bottom boundary layer

JR Finn, M Li, SV Apte - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
Sand transport and morphological change occur in the wave bottom boundary layer due to
sand particle interactions with an oscillatory flow and granular interactions between …

The modelling of particle systems with real shapes

JP Latham, A Munjiza - … of the Royal Society of London …, 2004 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The numerical modelling of particulate processes in environmental science increasingly
requires an ability to represent the properties of individual natural particles. Considerable …

CFD–DEM simulations of current-induced dune formation and morphological evolution

R Sun, H Xiao - Advances in water resources, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding the fundamental mechanisms of sediment transport, particularly those during
the formation and evolution of bedforms, is of critical scientific importance and has …

Two‐phase model for sand transport in sheet flow regime

L Amoudry, TJ Hsu, PLF Liu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We introduce a two‐phase model for sand transport in sheet flow regime. This model uses a
collisional theory and ak–ɛ fluid turbulence closure to respectively model the sediment and …

An Eulerian two-phase model for steady sheet flow using large-eddy simulation methodology

Z Cheng, TJ Hsu, J Chauchat - Advances in Water Resources, 2018 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional Eulerian two-phase flow model for sediment transport in sheet flow
conditions is presented. To resolve turbulence and turbulence-sediment interactions, the …

Persistent reshaping of cohesive sediment towards stable flocs by turbulence

M Yu, X Yu, AJ Mehta, AJ Manning, F Khan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cohesive sediment forms flocs of various sizes and structures in the natural turbulent
environment. Understanding flocculation is critical in accurately predicting sediment …