Reply to the Commentary on "Granular discharge rate for submerged hoppers"

Similarity solutions for granular flows in hoppers

Similarity solutions for the steady state equations governing flow of granular materials under gravity in a conical or wedge-shaped hopper are constructed. Such solutions can be considered for various plasticity models. Results obtained under the classical Mohr-Coulomb yield condition are compared with those obtained when a von Mises yield condition is imposed. A thorough stability study in the...

Commentary: “Rabies in Iranian Traditional Medicine” & Reply to Commentary on “Rabies in Iran: Past, Present and Future”

the evaluation and comparison of two esp textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine

abstract this study evaluated and compared medical terminology and english for the students of medicine (ii) as two representatives of the textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine. this research was performed on the basis of a teacher’s and a number of students’ attitudes and the students’ needs analysis for two reasons: first, to investigate...

Secondary Circulation in Granular Flow Through Nonaxisymmetric Hoppers

Jenike’s radial solution, widely used in the design of materials-handling equipment, is a similarity solution of steady-state continuum equations for the flow under gravity of granular material through an infinite, right-circular cone. In this paper we study how the geometry of the hopper influences this solution. Using perturbation theory, we compute a first-order correction to the (steady-sta...

Velocity profile of granular flows inside silos and hoppers

We measure the flow of granular materials inside a quasi-two-dimensional silo as it drains and compare the data with some existing models. The particles inside the silo are imaged and tracked with unprecedented resolution in both space and time to obtain their velocity and diffusion properties. The data obtained by varying the orifice width and the hopper angle allow us to thoroughly test model...