Simulations in Bulk Solids Handling

Professor Don McGlinchey is leader of the Engineering Simulation and Advanced Manufacturing Research Group and was the Head of the former Centre for Industrial Bulk Solids Handling at Glasgow Caledonian University. He is a Chartered Physicist, with a PhD in the particle technology area. Don is the editor of two books and has authored over 50 research articles. He has undertaken consultancy projects across a broad range of industry sectors for both Multinational Companies and Small to Medium Enterprises (SME's), and delivered courses on Bulk Solids Handling in Europe, USA and the UK. Don has extensive experience of leading and participating in research and knowledge transfer projects and has a strong background in the characterisation of particulate materials, and the measurement and modelling of multiphase flows. He is a member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE) Working Party on The Mechanics of Particulate Materials and the NAFEMS CFD Working Group and Editor of the International Journal of CFD Case Studies.

1. Introduction
2. DEM for Studies of Silo Phenomena
3. DEM Simulation of Transfer Chutes
4. Belt Conveyor Design and Troubleshooting
5. Multibody Dynamics / Discrete Element Method Co-Simulations for Large Scale Industrial Bulk Solids Handling Equipment
6. The Simulation of Pneumatic Transport
7. Modeling and Simulation of Erosive Wear and Particle Breakage in Pneumatic Conveying
8. DEM Simulation of Pharmaceutical Powder Handling
9. The Simulation of Interactions and Packing of Complex Particle Shapes
10. Calibration of Parameters for DEM Simulations