Cell lysis was demonstrated on a microfluidic CD (Compact Disc) platform. In this purely
mechanical lysis method, spherical particles (beads) in a lysis chamber microfabricated in a …

In this work discrete element modeling (DEM) was applied to the flow of granular jets against
a target. The resulting sheetlike or conelike formations under different conditions are …

We experimentally analyze the intermittent nature of granular silo flow when the discharge is
controlled by an extracting belt at the bottom. We discover the existence of four different …

This work uses a 3-D discrete element simulation to calculate the elastic and kinetic energy
for a nonuniform granular shear flow to determine whether the ratio of these energies is …

The hydrodynamic characteristics of gas and solid flows in circulating fluidized beds (CFB)
can also influence other processes. To investigate various features of flows and mass …

Energy conservation and the quasi-solid-liquid transition are studied for a nonuniform
granular shear flow in nonequilibrium steady state using 3-D discrete element simulation …

Local stress fluctuations are measured in annular rapid shear flows of granular medium
made of steel spheres with 2 and 3mm in diameter. Both monodisperse packing and …

Monodisperse packing of disks in confined geometries is rarely addressed in the literature.
We present some theoretical aspects of the microstructural properties of 2D static packing of …

The discrete element method (DEM) is utilized to calculate the drag force on big spherical
objects exerted by the cloud of small particles as they are subjected to an initial relative …

Granular flows have some applications in industry and nature which can be described and
modeled similarly. Debris flow, snow avalanches and landslide are examples of natural …