Analytical approach to continuous and intermittent bottleneck flows

D Helbing, A Johansson, J Mathiesen, MH Jensen… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
We propose a many-particle-inspired theory for granular outflows from a hopper and for the
escape dy<? format?> namics through a bottleneck based on a continuity equation in polar …

Experimental and numerical study of coarse particle conveying in the small absorber sphere system: Overview and some recent CFD-DEM simulations

T Li, H Zhang, S Kuang, H Yan, X Diao, Z Huang… - … Engineering and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Pneumatic conveying of absorber spheres in the pebble-bed high-temperature gas-cooled
reactor is a special application of pneumatic conveying technique in the nuclear …

Random walks, reaction-diffusion, and nonequilibrium dynamics of spin chains in one-dimensional random environments

DS Fisher, P Le Doussal, C Monthus - Physical review letters, 1998 - APS
Sinai's model of diffusion in one dimension with random local bias is studied by a real space
renormalization group which yields asymptotically exact long time results. The distribution of …

Origin of granular capillarity revealed by particle-based simulations

F Fan, EJR Parteli, T Pöschel - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
When a thin tube is dipped into water, the water will ascend to a certain height, against the
action of gravity. While this effect, termed capillarity, is well known, recent experiments have …

Shear instabilities in granular flows

DJ Goldfarb, BJ Glasser, T Shinbrot - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Unstable waves have been long studied in fluid shear layers,,. These waves affect transport
in the atmosphere and oceans, in addition to slipstream stability behind ships, aeroplanes …

[PDF][PDF] Segregation of powders during gravity flow through vertical pipes

ED Liss, SL Conway, JA Zega… - Pharmaceutical …, 2004 - coewww.rutgers.edu
Background Granular flows can be extremely complex and in general are not well
understood (1, 2). Rheological properties cannot yet be fully predicted, and phenomena that …

Helical inner-wall texture prevents jamming in granular pipe flows

F Verbücheln, EJR Parteli, T Pöschel - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Granular pipe flows are characterized by intermittent behavior and large, potentially
destructive solid fraction variations in the transport direction. By means of particle-based …

Intermittent gravity-driven flow of grains through narrow pipes

CA Alvarez, E de Moraes Franklin - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2017 - Elsevier
Grain flows through pipes are frequently found in various settings, such as in
pharmaceutical, chemical, petroleum, mining and food industries. In the case of size …

DEM study of granular discharge rate through a vertical pipe with a bend outlet in small absorber sphere system

T Li, H Zhang, M Liu, Z Huang, H Bo, Y Dong - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Absorber sphere pneumatic conveying is a special application of pneumatic conveying
technique in the pebble bed High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR or HTR) …

Powder flow down a vertical pipe: the effect of air flow

Y Bertho, F Giorgiutti-Dauphiné, T Raafat… - Journal of Fluid …, 2002 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of dry granular flows down a vertical glass pipe of small diameter have been
studied experimentally. Simultaneous measurements of pressure profiles, air and grain flow …