Animations

• A DEM-based approach for analyzing energy transitions in granular and particle-fluid flows (Q.F. Hou, S.B. Kuang, A.B. Yu, A DEM-based approach for analyzing energy transitions in granular and particle-fluid flows, Chemical Engineering Science, In press (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2016.12.017)

        1) Variation of energy due to drag force

          2) Variation of energy due to gravity

• Simulation of a screw feeder (Q. F. Hou, K. J. Dong, A. B. Yu. DEM study of the flow of cohesive particles in a screw feeder. Powder Technology 256(2014) 529-539.)

• The formation of an expanded bed (Q. F. Hou, Z. Y. Zhou, A. B. Yu. Micromechanical modeling and analysis of different flow regimes in gas fluidization. Chemical Engineering Science 84(2012) 449-468.)