Modeling the effect of pigment morphology on the dynamic compression of coating layers using DEM Export

@article{citeulike:4362677, abstract = {In the present paper, discrete element method (DEM) was employed to investigate the effect of pigment morphology on packing dynamics and compressive behavior of paper coating layers in calendering process. Spherical, platy, and needle-like particles, representing GCC, delaminated clay, and aragonite PCC pigments, were considered in this study. For each particle shape, the compression of coating structures formed by mono-sized and poly-dispersed pigments were modeled. Stress–strain behavior of the coating layers and in-plane and out-of-plane movements of the pigment particles during the compression were computed under the same maximum compressive stress. Simulation results revealed that the in-plane movements of the pigment particles during compression in the calender nip were small in magnitude (<0.35 μm). These findings help to better understand the smoothening phenomena of coating structures during the calendering process.}, author = {Azadi, P. and Farnood, R. and Yan, N.}, citeulike-article-id = {4362677}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2008.05.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0098135408000744}, day = {22}, doi = {10.1016/j.compchemeng.2008.05.001}, issn = {00981354}, journal = {Computers \& Chemical Engineering}, keywords = {2008, dem, jspp\_cae}, month = {December}, number = {12}, pages = {3084--3089}, posted-at = {2009-04-18 13:28:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Modeling the effect of pigment morphology on the dynamic compression of coating layers using DEM}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2008.05.001}, volume = {32}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4362677 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4362677 N2 - In the present paper, discrete element method (DEM) was employed to investigate the effect of pigment morphology on packing dynamics and compressive behavior of paper coating layers in calendering process. Spherical, platy, and needle-like particles, representing GCC, delaminated clay, and aragonite PCC pigments, were considered in this study. For each particle shape, the compression of coating structures formed by mono-sized and poly-dispersed pigments were modeled. Stress–strain behavior of the coating layers and in-plane and out-of-plane movements of the pigment particles during the compression were computed under the same maximum compressive stress. Simulation results revealed that the in-plane movements of the pigment particles during compression in the calender nip were small in magnitude (<0.35 μm). These findings help to better understand the smoothening phenomena of coating structures during the calendering process. IS - 12 JF - Computers & Chemical Engineering SN - 00981354 EP - 3089 TI - Modeling the effect of pigment morphology on the dynamic compression of coating layers using DEM VL - 32 SP - 3084 KW - 2008 KW - dem KW - jspp_cae AU - Azadi, P AU - Farnood, R AU - Yan, N PY - 2008/12/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2008.05.001 ER -