Combined approach of computational fluid dynamics for gas phase and discrete element method for particles (CFD-DEM) is used to exhibit the formation of expanded bed in gas fluidisation of fine ellipsoids. The results ...
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An X-ray particle tracking velocimetry (XPTV) system is designed and built, and the corresponding tracer particle fabrication method is established. With the XPTV system, the cylindrical particle position and orientat...
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The packing of particles with a log-normal size distribution is studied by means of the discrete element method. The packing structures are analyzed in terms of the topological properties such as the number of faces p...
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The packing of particles with a log-normal size distribution is studied by means of the discrete element method. The packing structures are analyzed in terms of the topological properties such as the number of faces per radical polyhedron and the number of edges per face, and the metric properties such as the perimeter and area per face and the perimeter, area, and volume per radical polyhedron, obtained from the radical tessellation. The effect of the geometric standard deviation in the log-normal distribution on these properties is quantified. It is shown that when the size distribution gets wider, the packing becomes denser; thus the radical tessellation of a particle has decreased topological and metric properties. The quantitative relationships obtained should be useful in the modeling and analysis of structural properties such as effective thermal conductivity and permeability.
By using a recently developed method for discrete modeling of nonspherical particles, we simulate the random packings of granular regular polygons with three to 11 edges under gravity. The effects of shape and frictio...
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By using a recently developed method for discrete modeling of nonspherical particles, we simulate the random packings of granular regular polygons with three to 11 edges under gravity. The effects of shape and friction on the packing structures are investigated by various structural parameters, including packing fraction, the radial distribution function, coordination number, Voronoi tessellation, and bond-orientational order. We find that packing fraction is generally higher for geometrically nonfrustrated regular polygons, and can be increased by the increase of edge number and decrease of friction. The changes of packing fraction are linked with those of the microstructures, such as the variations of the translational and orientational orders and local configurations. In particular, the free areas of Voronoi tessellations (which are related to local packing fractions) can be described by log-normal distributions for all polygons. The quantitative analyses establish a clearer picture for the packings of regular polygons.
Granular piling may or may not induce a counterintuitive phenomenon of pressure dip at the center of a pile base. Understanding the behavior is a long-standing challenge in granular dynamics modeling. Here we show tha...
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Granular piling may or may not induce a counterintuitive phenomenon of pressure dip at the center of a pile base. Understanding the behavior is a long-standing challenge in granular dynamics modeling. Here we show that the experimental observations of dip or nondip piles can be satisfactorily reproduced by the classic elastoplastic models. Our results demonstrate that (i) dynamic history is a critical factor in the successful description of a piling process and (ii) the dip phenomena are complicated, involving numerous variables associated not only with piling operation but also material properties. Our findings can explain why previous attempts failed to describe piling processes and may open up a new direction to describe granular materials in nature and many industrial processes.
Particle properties are important factors affecting gas fluidization. In the present work, the effects of particle size and shape on the fluidization characteristics are studied using the combined approach of computat...
Particle properties are important factors affecting gas fluidization. In the present work, the effects of particle size and shape on the fluidization characteristics are studied using the combined approach of computational fluid dynamics for gas phase and discrete element method for particles. It shows that a bed becomes loosely packed when particle size becomes small. The minimum fluidization velocity increases exponentially with the increase of particle size. Higher minimum bubbling velocities are predicted for ellipsoidal particles compared with spherical ones. “Chain phenomenon” exists in the expanded and fluidized beds for fine prolate particles.
This paper presents a numerical study of vertical pneumatic conveying by a combined approach of computational fluid dynamics for gas phase and discrete element method for solid phase. The effects of friction coefficie...
This paper presents a numerical study of vertical pneumatic conveying by a combined approach of computational fluid dynamics for gas phase and discrete element method for solid phase. The effects of friction coefficient on the flows in regard with particle flow patterns and their transition, reverse flow, and gas pressure behavior are qualified. The forces acting on particles are analyzed in detail to understand the underlying mechanisms.
This paper presents a numerical study of jet-induced catering of a granular bed by the combined approach of computational fluid dynamics for gas phase and discrete element method for solid phase. The applicability of ...
This paper presents a numerical study of jet-induced catering of a granular bed by the combined approach of computational fluid dynamics for gas phase and discrete element method for solid phase. The applicability of the model was verified by the good agreement between measured and predicted temporal crater depths and asymptotic crater profiles, and ishereusedto study the effect of gravity within a wide range. The results show that a decreased gravity can significantly slow down the crater growth and increase the asymptotic crater size. The previously formulated equations respectively for the asymptotic crater depths and widthsat different jet velocities are also valid for those under different gravities.
The normal and tangential force-displacement (NFD and TFD) relations as well as the rolling friction between viscoelastic particles are investigated by means of finite element method (FEM). A new set of semi-theoretic...
The normal and tangential force-displacement (NFD and TFD) relations as well as the rolling friction between viscoelastic particles are investigated by means of finite element method (FEM). A new set of semi-theoretical models are proposed for the NFD, TFD and rolling friction based on the contact mechanics and the FEM results. Compared with previous empirical models (e.g. Linear-Spring-Dashpot model), the new models have an advantage that all parameters can be directly determined from the material properties. Therefore they can eliminate the uncertainty in parameter selection and should be more effective in discrete element method (DEM) simulations of viscoelastic granular materials.
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