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 …

Experimental study of the lower and upper angles of repose of granular materials in rotating drums

XY Liu, E Specht, J Mellmann - Powder Technology, 2005 - Elsevier
The lower and upper angles of repose of glass beads are experimentally investigated in
rotating drums at the slumping motion. The drum diameters are 200 mm, 300 mm and 500 …

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 …

Effect of interstitial fluid on a granular flowing layer

N Jain, JM Ottino, RM Lueptow - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2004 - cambridge.org
A dominant aspect of granular flows is flow in thin surface layers. While an understanding of
the dynamics of dry granular surface flow has begun to emerge, the case of flow when air is …

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 …

DEM study of granular flow characteristics in the active and passive regions of a three‐dimensional rotating drum

S Yang, A Cahyadi, J Wang, JW Chew - AIChE journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional modeling of the solid motion in a lab‐scale rotating drum has been
conducted via the discrete element method. After validating the simulated results with …

Parameters and scalings for dry and immersed granular flowing layers in rotating tumblers

F Pignatel, C Asselin, L Krieger, IC Christov… - Physical Review E …, 2012 - APS
The scaling properties of the continuous flowing layer in a quasi-2D circular tumbler half
filled with a granular material are studied experimentally in the presence of three different …

Calibration and validation of DEM rolling and sliding friction coefficients in angle of repose and shear measurements

P Frankowski, M Morgeneyer - AIP conference proceedings, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Pile formation and rotating drum experiments followed by DEM simulations using glass
beads (1.5 and 3.0 mm diameter) and polyamide spheres (3.0 mm diameter) were …

Validating N-body code chrono for granular DEM simulations in reduced-gravity environments

C Sunday, N Murdoch, S Tardivel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Discrete Element Method (DEM) is frequently used to model complex
granular systems and to augment the knowledge that we obtain through theory …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of sieve holes blocking in a vibrating screen and a rotary and drum screen

K Lawinska, R Modrzewski - Physicochemical Problems of …, 2017 - bibliotekanauki.pl
Main objective of screening is to separate a group of grains, which dimensions fall within the
specified limits, from the given feed. A large number of sieve and screening machines …