Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1998-05-28
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
9 pages, 12 figures (EPIC/EEPIC & EPS, macros included), submitted to Physics of Fluids
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.870003
Using discrete element methods, we study numerically the dynamics of the size segregation process of binary particle mixtures in three-dimensional rotating drums, operated in the continuous flow regime. Particle rotations are included and we focus on different volume filling fractions of the drum to study the interplay between the competing phenomena of mixing and segregation. It is found that segregation is best for a more than half-filled drum due to the non-zero width of the fluidized layer. For different particle size ratios, it is found that radial segregation occurs for any arbitrary small particle size difference and the final amount of segregation shows a linear dependence on the size ratio of the two particle species. To quantify the interplay between segregation and mixing, we investigate the dynamics of the center of mass positions for each particle component. Starting with initially separated particle groups we find that no mixing of the component is necessary in order to obtain a radially segregated core.
Dury Christian M.
Ristow Gerald H.
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