• Differential equation for the flow rate of discharging silos based on energy balance 

    Darias, José Ramón; Madrid, Marcos A.; Pugnaloni, Luis (2020-05)
    Since the early work of Hagen in 1852 and Beverloo et al. in 1961, the flow rate of granular material discharging through a circular orifice from a silo has been described by means of dimensional analysis and experimental ...
  • Effect of bevelled silo outlet in the flow rate during discharge 

    Gago, Paula; Madrid, Marcos A.; Boettcher, Stefan; Blumenfeld, Raphael; King, Peter (2023-07-29)
    We investigate the effect of a bevelled (or slanted) outlet on the discharge rate of mono-sized spheres from a quasi-two-dimensional silo, using the discrete element method. In contrast to hopper discharges, where the ...