Recent progress on the discrete element method simulations for powder transport systems: A review

Q Shi, M Sakai - Advanced Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Powder transport systems are ubiquitous in various industries, where they can encounter
single powder flow, two-phase flow with solids carried by gas or liquid, and gas–solid–liquid …

Agent-based modeling of microbial communities

K Nagarajan, C Ni, T Lu - ACS synthetic biology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microbial communities are complex living systems that populate the planet with diverse
functions and are increasingly harnessed for practical human needs. To deepen the …

Coarse-grained CFD-DEM modelling of dense gas-solid reacting flow

S Wang, Y Shen - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
Dense gas-solid reacting flow is practised in many industrial processes where the particle
number may be huge and cannot be modelled using the conventional CFD-DEM approach …

CFD-DEM modelling of hydraulic conveying of solid particles in a vertical pipe

M Zhou, S Wang, S Kuang, K Luo, J Fan, A Yu - Powder Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study of hydraulic conveying of coarse solid particles by
means of the combined approach of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for the liquid …

Discrete-element-method/computational-fluid-dynamics coupling simulation of proppant embedment and fracture conductivity after hydraulic fracturing

F Zhang, H Zhu, H Zhou, J Guo, B Huang - Spe Journal, 2017 - onepetro.org
In this paper, an integrated discrete-element-method (DEM)/computational-fluid-dynamics
(CFD) numerical-modeling work flow is developed to model proppant embedment and …

An improved CFD-DEM modelling of raceway dynamics and coke combustion in an industrial-scale blast furnace

D Xu, S Wang, Y Shen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The raceway dynamics and combustion by lateral injection of high-temperature gas into a
packed bed of solid fuel are widely practised in various industries such as ironmaking blast …

Flow regimes and characteristics of dense particulate flows with coarse particles in inclined pipe

Y Zhang, W Ren, P Li, X Zhang, X Lu - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical simulation for dense particulate flows with coarse particles
in inclined pipe to identify different flow regimes by means of computational fluid dynamics …

Kinematic waves and collision effects in dense fluid–particle flow during hydraulic conveying

Y Zhang, Y Liu, W Ren, P Li, X Zhang, X Lu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The effects of fluid–particle and particle–particle interactions on the kinematic waves and
particle dynamics in a vertical pipe with continuous upward fluid flow are investigated. The …

A mechanistic Individual-based Model of microbial communities

PG Jayathilake, P Gupta, B Li, C Madsen, O Oyebamiji… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Accurate predictive modelling of the growth of microbial communities requires the credible
representation of the interactions of biological, chemical and mechanical processes …

Animating fluid sediment mixture in particle-laden flows

M Gao, A Pradhana, X Han, Q Guo, G Kot… - ACM Transactions on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we present a mixed explicit and semi-implicit Material Point Method for
simulating particle-laden flows. We develop a Multigrid Preconditioned fluid solver for the …