Adjiski, Vancho and Panov, Zoran and Popovski, Risto and Karanakova Stefanovska, Radmila (2020) Discrete Element Method (DEM) for segregation analysis of granular materials: analysis of stockpile formed by conveyor belt. Natural resources and technologies, 14 (14). pp. 19-26. ISSN 185-6966
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Abstract
Particles that have the same or similar physical properties and are subject to some dynamic states, tend to segregate or form groups of clusters. Segregation is common in many industries where there is processing, handling and transport of granular materials and it has many undesirable effects. In this study, an analysis was made for locating and calculating the mechanisms of segregation during the formation of a stockpile by conveyor belt, using the Discrete Element Method (DEM). For the purpose of this paper, two DEM models have been made in which the segregation mechanisms created by the dynamic processes related to the conveyor belt are analyzed and how they will effect on the formation of the stockpile itself. The results of this research, indicate the fact that in the absence of easily accessible mechanical tools, DEM analysis is an efficient and inexpensive tool for monitoring and analyzing such processes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Discrete Element Method (DEM), analysis, segregation, conveyor belt, stockpile. |
| Subjects: | Engineering and Technology > Other engineering and technologies |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Vanco Adziski |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2020 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2020 10:06 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/26880 |
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