简介:Weappliedthediscreteelementmethod(DEM)ofsimulationmodifiedbyanenlargedparticlemodeltosimulatebeadmotioninalargebeadmill.Thestainless-steelbeadmillhasinnerdiameterof102mmandmilllengthof198mm.Thebeaddiameterandfillingratiowerefixedrespectivelyat0.5mmand85%.Theagitatorrotationalspeedwaschangedfrom1863to3261rpm.Thebeadmotionwasmonitoredexperimentallyusingahigh-speedvideocamerathroughatransparentmillbody.Forthesimulation,enlargedparticlesizesweresetas3-6mmindiameter.WiththeDEMmodifiedbytheenlargedparticlemodel,themotionofenlargedparticlesinamillwassimulated.Thevelocitydataofthesimulatedenlargedparticleswerecomparedwiththoseobtainedintheexperiment.ThesimulatedvelocityoftheenlargedparticlesdependsonthevirtualfrictionalcoefficientintheDEMmodel.Theoptimizedvalueofthevirtualfrictionalcoefficientcanbedeterminedbyconsideringtheaccumulatedmeanvalue.Resultsshowthatthevelocityoftheenlargedparticlessimulatedincreaseswithanincreaseintheoptimumvirtualfrictionalcoefficient,butthesimulatedvelocityagreeswellwiththatdeterminedexperimentallybyoptimizingthevirtualfrictionalcoefficientinthesimulation.Thecomputingtimeinthesimulationdecreaseswithincreasedparticlesize.