| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 140, 2017
Powders and Grains 2017 – 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media
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| Article Number | 03066 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Granular flow | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714003066 | |
| Published online | 30 June 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714003066
Increasing of horizontal velocity of particles leaving a belt conveyor
Departamento de Física e Matemática, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Av. Amazonas, 7675 Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
* e-mail: abraaomt@gmail.com
** e-mail: atman@dppg.cefetmg.br
Published online: 30 June 2017
We investigate the transport of granular materials by a conveyor belt via numerical simulations. We report an unusual increasing of particles horizontal velocity when they leave the belt and initiate free-fall. Using Discrete Elements Method, the mechanism underlying this phenomenon were investigated, and a study on how particle and system properties influences this effect were conducted.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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