• Effect of grain shape on the jamming of two dimensional silos 

    Goldberg, Ezequiel; Carlevaro, Manuel; Pugnaloni, Luis (EPJ Web of Conferences, 2017)
    We present discrete element method simulations of the discharge of silos in two dimensions. We study the effect of the grain shape on the clogging of small apertures, considering regular polygons and disks of equal mass. ...
  • Flow rate of polygonal grains through a bottleneck Interplay between shape and size 

    Goldberg, Ezequiel; Carlevaro, Manuel; Pugnaloni, Luis (Papers in Physics, 2015)
    We report two-dimensional simulations of circular and polygonal grains passing through an aperture at the bottom of a silo. The mass flow rate for regular polygons is lower than for disks\red{,} as observed by other authors. ...