the friction properties of granular materials play an important role in the determination of specifications for designing hoppers, transporting passages, dryers, silos and machines through which grain flows. in this study, the angle of repose and internal friction coefficient were determined for three common wheat varieties (sardary, gaspard and saysoter) at four moisture contents (12, 15, 18, ...

The mixing dynamics of granular materials immersed in a liquid was experimentally studied in a quasi-2D rotating drum. A DV (SONY DCR-TRV900 NTSC) motion corder analyzer was used to record the motions of granular materials. The effects of interstitial fluid viscosity and filling degree on the mixing index, mixing rate constant, and dynamic repose angle in the rotating drum were investigated and...

The current research focuses on the estimation of bulk density and angle of repose of tea leaves at different moisture content and size and development of a mathematical model for bulk density and angle of repose using response surface methodology followed by numerical optimization of responses using desirability functions. Further work was done on the design optimization of feed hopper and met...

We report the results of three dimensional molecular dynamic simulations on the angle of repose of a sandpile formed by pouring mono-sized cohesionless spherical grains into a granular Hele-Shaw cell. In particular, we are interested to investigate the effects of those variables which may impact significantly on pattern formation of granular mixtures in Hele-Shaw cells. The results indicate tha...

OBJECTIVE Assess the ability of facial reanimation surgery to restore affect display in patients with severe facial paralysis. STUDY DESIGN Survey of healthy observers' perception of change in facial visage from preoperative to postoperative state. SETTING Academic tertiary referral center. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Observer graded affect display. METHODS Ninety naive observers completed a ...

determination of physical properties of municipal waste compost is necessary to obtain the parameters related to designing and constructing a suitable pelleting machine for producing compost pellets. the purpose of this study is determining some physical properties such as; bulk density, coefficient of friction, porosity, angle of repose for compost and density and expansion for compost pellets...

The discrete element method (DEM) has been used as a popular simulation method in order to verify the designs by visualizing how materials flow through complex equipment geometries.  Although DEM simulation is a powerful design tool, finding a DEM model that includes all real material properties is not computationally feasible.  In order to obtain more realistic results, particle energy loss du...