This paper provides a review on the flow of free-flowing coarse particles inside silos. Basic
principles and elementary mechanisms involved in gravity flow of granular materials are …

Pebble-bed nuclear reactor technology, which is currently being revived around the world,
raises fundamental questions about dense granular flow in silos. A typical reactor core is …

This paper addresses the modeling of the iron ore direct reduction process, a process likely
to reduce CO2 emissions from the steel industry. The shaft furnace is divided into three …

Abstract Using a continuum Navier-Stokes solver with the μ (I) flow law implemented to
model the viscous behavior, and the discrete Contact Dynamics algorithm, the discharge of …

Discrete element method (DEM) was developed to simulate the corn-shaped particles flow
in the hopper. The corn-shaped particle was described by four overlap** spheres. Contact …

By using the discrete element method (DEM) a comparison and observations on material
flow patterns in plane-wedged, space-wedged, and flat-bottomed hopper were accounted …

We measure the flux of spherical glass beads through a hole as a systematic function of both
tilt angle and hole diameter, for two different size beads. The discharge increases with hole …

Precise evaluation of the dynamics of granular material during hopper discharge,
particularly the velocity field coupled with the stress field, has been an important area of …

We present experimental results of the effect of the hopper angle on the clogging of grains
discharged from a two-dimensional silo under gravity action. We observe that the probability …

Precise evaluation of mass discharge rate (MDR) in hoppers is an important topic in many
industries. Facilitated by an Eulerian-formulation finite element method (FEM), this paper …