英文 螺旋运输机批量处理3D DEM模拟分析.docVIP

THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEM SIMULATIONS OF BULK HANDLING BY SCREW CONVEYORS By Yoshiyuki Shimizu and Peter A. Cundall ABSTRACT: A numerical analysis using the 3D distinct element method (DEM) is conducted in order to examine the performance of screw conveyors. In particular, the simulation of horizontal and vertical types is studied. The results are compared with previous work and empirical equations. As a result, it is determined that this method is sufficiently well developed and useful to analyze the performance of screw conveyors. INTRODUCTION Screw conveyors have been used to transport bulk materials since historical times. They are composed of a helical flight (screw), a driving shaft connected to a driving device, a casing U-trough or pipe, and so on. The principle of conveying materials relies on the friction between materials and the rotating screw or the casing. The advantages of screw conveyors are compact design, low maintenance, and the ability to transport materials continuously and safely. On the other hand, some disadvantages are limited length, and inability to transport sticky and lumpy materials. Screw conveyors have been used not only as bulk handling equipment to transport materials but also as parts of construction and mining machinery, e.g., underground tunneling machines, in which they are used to discharge soil or rock continuously. Many studies on screw conveyors were conducted to examine performance and to develop new types (Own 1936;Uematsu et al. 1960; Hokao et al. 1974). Most of these studies were experimental in nature. In addition, their theoretical component simply dealt with either the interaction of one particle,or a single bulk mass and the machines components arising from static force equilibrium. Also, in practical design, a rough estimate of the performance is based on an empirical equation from the database of practical machines (Colijn 1985; Woodcock and Mason 1987). This estimate depends on a factor,determined by a wide r