With increasing the computational resources, the number of publications about coupled
computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method is in the rise in the recent years. This …

Particle and fluid flow is a general problem existing in a series of engineering activities
during oil and gas development. Many efforts have been made to investigate the migration …

Bio-particulate matter includes grains, cereal crops, and biomass that are considered
discrete materials with irregular size and shape. Although the flow of these particles can …

Metal additive manufacturing has seen extensive research and rapidly growing applications
for its high precision, efficiency, flexibility, etc. However, the appealing advantages are still …

For polar ship operating in the brash ice channel, self-propulsion performance prediction is
a significant topic. In this paper, the CFD-DEM coupling method is presented to investigate …

Equilibrium position, as well as dynamic patterns of suspended particles, plays a dominant
role in particle manipulation of segregation, transporting, or sorting. The current paper aims …

Suffusion, the process of particle migration and clogging within porous media, exerts a
remarkable impact on various natural and engineered systems. Properties of the coarse …

Meshfree methods are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to mesh-based
methods of numerical simulation. The biggest stated advantage of meshfree methods is the …

In the last decade, a few of the early attempts to bring CFD-DEM of fluidized beds beyond
the limits of small, lab-scale units to larger scale systems have become popular. The …

Curtailing the ever-increasing global energy demand remains an arduous challenge. The
US Energy Information Administration emphasized that the deployment of new heat …