Solids volume fraction of size-disperse dense granular flows

尺寸分散致密颗粒流的固体体积分数

• 批准号: 2905654
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2905654
• 关键词: Solids; volume; fraction; size; disperse

Solids volume fraction is perhaps the most fundamental state variable describing granular materials. The solids volume fraction is nearly constant in dense granular flows, but nonetheless plays a crucial role in setting their rheology, with the viscosity diverging as the volume fraction reaches a critical value. For grains of a single size this critical volume fraction is a constant, but in mixtures of more than one size of grain, it varies with the particle size distribution. The aim of this project is to develop continuum models that describe the numerous interactions and dependencies between particle size distribution, volume fraction, rheology and segregation rate, many of which are currently unexplored. A combination of laboratory experiments and discrete element simulations will be used to validate new continuum models for granular segregation and flow, in which the solids volume fraction evolves as part of the solution. The project brings together the research areas of particle technology, complex fluids and rheology, and continuum mechanics.

固体体积分数可能是描述粒状材料的最基本的状态变量。在致密颗粒流中，固体体积分数几乎恒定，但在设定其流变性方面仍然起着至关重要的作用，当体积分数达到临界值时，粘度会发散。对于单一尺寸的颗粒，该临界体积分数是恒定的，但在超过一种尺寸的颗粒的混合物中，它随颗粒尺寸分布而变化。该项目的目的是开发连续体模型，描述粒度分布、体积分数、流变性和分离率之间的众多相互作用和依赖性，其中许多相互作用和依赖性目前尚未探索。实验室实验和离散元模拟的结合将用于验证颗粒分离和流动的新连续模型，其中固体体积分数作为解决方案的一部分而演变。该项目汇集了粒子技术、复杂流体和流变学以及连续介质力学的研究领域。