Simulation of Granular Flows and Pile Formation in a Flat-Bottomed Hopper and Bin, and Experimental Verification

Granular flows of 200 μm particles and the pile formation in a flat-bottomed hopper and bin in the presence of air and in a vacuum were predicted based on three-dimensional numerically empirical constitutive relations using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics methods. Th...

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Main Authors: Shinichi Yuu, Toshihiko Umekage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-08-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/4/8/1440/