中国物理B ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (4): 44502-044502.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab7b51

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Discharge flow of granular particles through an orifice on a horizontal hopper: Effect of the hopper angle

Xin Wang(王欣), Hong-Wei Zhu(朱红伟), Qing-Fan Shi(史庆藩), Ning Zheng(郑宁)   

  1. School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 收稿日期:2019-12-17 修回日期:2020-01-06 出版日期:2020-04-05 发布日期:2020-04-05
  • 通讯作者: Qing-Fan Shi, Ning Zheng E-mail:qfshi123@bit.edu.cn;ningzheng@bit.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11475018 and 11974044) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant 2016YFC1401001).

Discharge flow of granular particles through an orifice on a horizontal hopper: Effect of the hopper angle

Xin Wang(王欣), Hong-Wei Zhu(朱红伟), Qing-Fan Shi(史庆藩), Ning Zheng(郑宁)   

  1. School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2019-12-17 Revised:2020-01-06 Online:2020-04-05 Published:2020-04-05
  • Contact: Qing-Fan Shi, Ning Zheng E-mail:qfshi123@bit.edu.cn;ningzheng@bit.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11475018 and 11974044) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant 2016YFC1401001).

摘要: We experimentally investigate the effect of the hopper angle on the flow rate of grains discharged from a two-dimensional horizontal hopper on a conveyor belt. The flow rate grows with the hopper angle, and finally reaches a plateau. The curve feature appears to be similar for different orifice widths and conveyor belt-driven velocities. On the basis of an empirical law of flow rate for a flat-bottom hopper, we propose a modified equation to describe the relation between the flow rate and hopper angle, which is in a good agreement with the experimental results.

关键词: granular flow, flow rate, hopper angle, Beverloo law

Abstract: We experimentally investigate the effect of the hopper angle on the flow rate of grains discharged from a two-dimensional horizontal hopper on a conveyor belt. The flow rate grows with the hopper angle, and finally reaches a plateau. The curve feature appears to be similar for different orifice widths and conveyor belt-driven velocities. On the basis of an empirical law of flow rate for a flat-bottom hopper, we propose a modified equation to describe the relation between the flow rate and hopper angle, which is in a good agreement with the experimental results.

Key words: granular flow, flow rate, hopper angle, Beverloo law

中图分类号:  (Granular flow: mixing, segregation and stratification)

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47.56.+r (Flows through porous media)