Granular materials are ubiquitous in the world around us. They have properties that are
different from those commonly associated with either solids, liquids, or gases. In this review …

Granular materials are ubiquitous in our daily lives. While they have been the subject of
intensive engineering research for centuries, in the last two decades granular matter has …

The combined finite discrete element method is a relatively new computational tool aimed at
problems involving static and/or dynamic behaviour of systems involving a large number of …

Mathematical models were developed to predict the transitions between the different forms
of transverse motion of free-flowing bed materials in rotating cylinders: sliding, surging …

▪ Abstract Granular materials segregate. Small differences in either size or density lead to
flow-induced segregation, a complex phenomenon without parallel in fluids. Modeling of …

V ictor Hugo suggested the possibility that patterns created by the movement of grains of
sand are in no small part responsible for the shape and feel of the natural world we live in …

The objective of this paper is to identify a numerical method to simulate motion of a packed
or fluidized bed of fuel particles in combustion chambers, such as a grate furnace and a …

Heat transfer in particulate systems is important to a vast array of industries, yet is poorly
understood even in the simplest case—conduction through the solid phase. This is due in …

Shock waves, dead zones and particle-free regions form when a thin surface avalanche of
granular material flows around an obstacle or over a change in the bed topography …

Granular flow is important scientifically as well as industrially. Often, cohesive forces
between grains are the norm, rather than the exception; yet, the majority of research in …