TY - GEN
T1 - Modelling crushing of granular materials using Markovian processes
AU - Caicedo, B.
AU - Ocampo, M.
AU - Vallejo, L. E.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper proposes an analytical model to assess the evolution of the grain size distribution due to crushing of granular materials during cyclic loading. The model, that requires very low computational cost, is based on the theory of polydisperse mixtures proposed by De Larrard, 2000 and the theory of Markovian processes. The evaluation of the performance of the model was carried out experimentally using a gyratory compactor and numerically using a discrete element model that includes crushing. The comparison of the results obtained experimentally with those obtained using the models, numerical and analytical, shows very good agreement. For this reason, the analytical model proposed here is a useful alternative to be included in a model based in continumm mechanics.
AB - This paper proposes an analytical model to assess the evolution of the grain size distribution due to crushing of granular materials during cyclic loading. The model, that requires very low computational cost, is based on the theory of polydisperse mixtures proposed by De Larrard, 2000 and the theory of Markovian processes. The evaluation of the performance of the model was carried out experimentally using a gyratory compactor and numerically using a discrete element model that includes crushing. The comparison of the results obtained experimentally with those obtained using the models, numerical and analytical, shows very good agreement. For this reason, the analytical model proposed here is a useful alternative to be included in a model based in continumm mechanics.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907341231&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1201/b17395-177
DO - 10.1201/b17395-177
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84907341231
SN - 9781138027077
T3 - Geomechanics from Micro to Macro - Proceedings of the TC105 ISSMGE International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS-Cambridge 2014
SP - 989
EP - 994
BT - Geomechanics from Micro to Macro - Proceedings of the TC105 ISSMGE International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS-Cambridge 2014
PB - Taylor and Francis - Balkema
T2 - International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS-Cambridge 2014
Y2 - 1 September 2014 through 3 September 2014
ER -