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.
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