Numerical simulation of granular materials in a rotating tumbler

Tapia-McClung, Horacio

doi:10.2140/jomms.2007.2.1431

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Numerical simulation of granular materials in a rotating tumbler

Horacio Tapia-McClung

Vol. 2 (2007), No. 8, 1431–1436

DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2007.2.1431

Abstract

Using a simple numerical model based on particle dynamics, we perform two-dimensional simulations of granular materials inside a rotating tumbler. Still in its first stages of development, the model can quantitatively reproduce some of the general behavior observed in these systems, both for monodisperse and binary mixtures. Work is currently being done to validate the model and obtain results that are directly comparable to experiments.

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granular materials, rotating drum, numerical simulations

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Received: 1 August 2006

Revised: 28 March 2007

Accepted: 20 April 2007

Published: 1 October 2007

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Horacio Tapia-McClung
Department of Applied Science University of California, Davis One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616-8254 United States

Vol. 2, No. 8, 2007

Horacio Tapia-McClung

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