Silo discharge
without cohesion forces.

Silo discharge
with Van der Waals force.

Keywords in physics: complex system, two-phase flow, granular flow, particulate flow, fluidization, sendimentation, granular mechanics, contact mechanics, impact, collision, repulsion, cohesion, electrostatic charge, particle distributions, grain, particle, nanoparticle, anomalous diffusion

Keywords in mathematics: modelling, Euler-Lagrange description, molecular dynamics, population balance, fractional calculus, numerical method, control volume, ALE, DEM, soft contact

Keywords in computer science: algorithm, programming, simulation


Assoc.Prof. Jacek S. Leszczynski
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Czestochowa University of Technology
Dabrowskiego 73
42-200 Czestochowa
Poland
Phone/fax: +48 34 3250324
E-mail: jale@imi.pcz.pl

This work was supported by Polish Ministry of Education and Science
under the grant no. 4 T10B 049 25.