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Title: Granular material flow in two-dimensional hoppers

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Mech.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3424272· OSTI ID:5921531

To aid in improving the transport of granular media for industrial purposes, the California Institute of Technology presents a comparison of experimental data with analytical results for the flow of dry granular media (such as coal) through a two-dimensional or wedge-shaped hopper. The analytical solution, which is based on the constitutive postulates (suggested by A.W. Jenike and R.T. Shield) of intergrain Coulomb friction and isotropy, produces results that are in good agreement with the experimental measurements.

OSTI ID:
5921531
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Mech.; (United States), Vol. 45
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English