Experimental methods in chemical engineering: Discrete element method—DEM

B Blais, D Vidal, F Bertrand… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The discrete element method (DEM) is a time‐driven simulation technique based on a
Lagrangian description of particle motion that predicts the flow of granular matter and fine …

Interplays between particle shape and particle breakage in confined continuous crushing of granular media

F Zhu, J Zhao - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a computational study on the interactive evolution of particle shape and
particle breakage for granular material under confined compression. A novel multiscale …

Hybrid fictitious domain-immersed boundary solver coupled with discrete element method for simulations of flows laden with arbitrarily-shaped particles

M Isoz, MK Šourek, O Studeník, P Kočí - Computers & Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
Particle-laden flows are commonly encountered in numerous engineering applications, eg
fluidization, crystallization, granulation, drying, catalytic cracking, food processing, biomass …

Modeling continuous grain crushing in granular media: a hybrid peridynamics and physics engine approach

F Zhu, J Zhao - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerical modeling of crushable granular materials is a challenging but important topic
across many disciplines of science and engineering. Commonly adopted modeling …

An implicit time-stepping scheme and an improved contact model for ice-structure interaction simulations

M van den Berg, R Lubbad, S Løset - Cold Regions Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel time-stepping scheme for the modelling of discrete ice-structure
interaction. The scheme extends the non-smooth discrete element modelling (NDEM) …

A novel approach for modelling of physical interactions between slurry, grinding media and mill structure in wet stirred media mills

S Larsson, BI Pålsson, M Parian, P Jonsén - Minerals Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Wet comminution is an important process in the mineral processing industry. Modelling of
wet comminution in stirred media mills requires the simultaneous modelling of grinding …

A multiscale model of terrain dynamics for real-time earthmoving simulation

M Servin, T Berglund, S Nystedt - Advanced Modeling and Simulation in …, 2021 - Springer
A multiscale model for real-time simulation of terrain dynamics is explored. To represent the
dynamics on different scales the model combines the description of soil as a continuous …

The critical state of crushable granular sand

K Shi, F Zhu, J Zhao - Acta Geotechnica, 2024 - Springer
The concept of critical state has been a cornerstone of modern critical state soil mechanics. It
remains inconclusive how grain crushing affects critical state behavior in crushable granular …

Metaball based discrete element method for general shaped particles with round features

P Zhang, Y Dong, SA Galindo-Torres… - Computational …, 2021 - Springer
Discrete element method (DEM) has achieved considerable success on simulating complex
granular material behaviours. One of the key challenges of DEM simulations is how to …

Characterization of soybeans and calibration of their DEM input parameters

TX Nguyen, LM Le, TC Nguyen… - Particulate Science …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The main objective of this study is to calibrate Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) input
parameters for Vietnamese DT84 variety soybeans. For this purpose, the shape of the …