| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 249, 2021
Powders & Grains 2021 – 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media
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| Article Number | 03029 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Granular Flow | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124903029 | |
| Published online | 07 June 2021 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124903029
Silo discharge: influence of the particle shape on the velocity profiles
INFAP, CONICET, Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Ejército de los Andes 950, D5700HHW, San Luis, Argentina.
* e-mail: jbenito@unsl.edu.ar
Published online: 7 June 2021
Experiments on the discharge of a silo with an inclined outlet are performed using flattened seeds in order to evaluate the validity of a previous theoretical formulation developed in our work group [1]. In that description, funnel flow regime is assumed to be based on a free fall parabolic arc. The shape of this arc is described with a parameter which is the only one involved in the flow rate formulation. An experimental analysis of the behavior of this parameter is carried out based on the geometry and shape of the grains within the silo. Also, video analysis of the silo discharge is performed in order to investigate the velocity profiles at the outlet of the hopper for these non-spherical particles. Experiments are contrasted with analytical predictions derived from the proposed formulation in order to assess and discuss its validity for the case of flattened particles.
A video is available at https://doi.org/10.48448/92jz-yx83
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