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Anurag Tripathi1, Alok Kumar1, Mohit Nema1
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208016, India.
Abstract:
We measure the upward force acting on a single, unconstrained, large particle in a granular medium of small particles flowing over inclined plane using discrete element method (DEM) simulation. Based on the computed force, we obtain an expression for the flux of large particles in a binary mixture of large and small particles and predict the equilibrium concentration profile and the velocity profile of the flowing layer. The theoretical predictions are in very good agreement with the DEM simulation results for a wide range of concentrations of large particles and inclination angles.
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