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This paper is concerned with the flow of cohesionless granular materials in conical hoppers. The granules are considered to be coarse such that the effects of interstitial fluid can be neglected. Two analytical approaches based upon the method of integral relations are presented. In the first the detailed variations of shear and normal stresses over the cross-section of the hopper are considered. The second is a very simple analysis which makes use of a mean normal stress averaged over the cross-section. The two analyses yield predictions for the flow rate which are almost identical. After the inclusion of an empirical correction factor to account for non-uniform exit velocity profiles and bulk density reductions near the outlet, the flow rate predictions and their variations with internal and wall friction angles and with hopper wall slope are found to agree well with experimental measurements.
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Cet article traite de l'écoulement de matières granuleuses sans cohésion dans des trémies coniques. On admet que les granules sont assez gros pour que les effets dûs au fluide intersistiel restent négligeables. 2 méthodes d'approche analytiques basées sur la méthode des relations intégrales sont présentées. La première considère en détail la distribution des contraintes normales et de cisaillement sur la section de la trémie. La seconde méthode est une simple analyse basée sur la moyenne des contraintes normales sur cette section. Les 2 analyses fournissent des prédictions presque identiques sur le taux d'écoulement. En introduisant un facteur de correction empirique pour tenir compte de la non-uniformité de profils de vitesses d'écoulement ainsi que de la réduction de densité à la sortie, l'analyse fournit des taux d'écoulement et leurs variations avec la friction interne, les angles de friction aux parois et l'inclinaison des parois de la trémie. Les résultants obtenus sont en accord avec des mesures expérimentales.
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Savage, S.B., Sayed, M. Gravity flow of coarse cohesionless granular materials in conical hoppers. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 32, 125–143 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00946743
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