EFFECT OF GRAVITY ON MASS-FLOW RATE IN AN HOUR GLASS

Authors
LEPENNEC T AMMI M MESSAGER JC TRUFFIN B BIDEAU D
Citation
T. Lepennec et al., EFFECT OF GRAVITY ON MASS-FLOW RATE IN AN HOUR GLASS, Powder technology, 85(3), 1995, pp. 279-281
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Powder technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325910
Volume
85
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
279 - 281
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5910(1995)85:3<279:EOGOMR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This paper presents the effect of gravity on the mass flow rate of gra nular materials in an hour glass. It is shown that the Beverloo correl ation is strongly valid up to at least 13 g(0) where g(0) is the natur al gravitational acceleration.