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ArticlePharmaceutics2024

Exploring the Regimes of Particle Behavior upon Impact via the Discrete Element Method.

Chanh Nguyen, Jennifer Curtis, Kambiz Salari

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chanh NguyenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-2985-2699
Jennifer CurtisDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5584-0099
Kambiz SalariLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.

Funding

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DE-AC52-07NA27344
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Discrete element method simulations are conducted to probe the various regimes of post-impact behavior of particles with solid surfaces. The impacting particles are described as spherical agglomerates consisting of smaller constituent (or primary) particles held together via surface adhesion. Under the influence of a wide range of impact velocities and particle surface energies, five distinct behavioral regimes-rebounding, vibration, fragmentation, pancaking, and shattering-are identified, and force transmission patterns are linked to post-impact behavior. In the rebounding regime, the coefficient of restitution decreases linearly as impact velocity increases and the particle agglomerate experiences compaction. In the fragmentation regime, rebound velocity generally decreases with increasing fragment size. The rebound velocity of fragments decreases with time except for the smallest fragments, which can increase in velocity due to collisions with other fragments of high velocity. Particle breakage in the pancaking regime does not follow common mechanistic models of breakage.

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DEMparticle breakageparticle impact

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PMID38931849
PMCPMC11206950

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