Simulation Using the Discrete Element Method (DEM) in the Minerals Industry

Dear Colleagues,

The discrete element method (DEM) has proved to be a powerful tool that has allowed and has been opening the black box of operations and mechanisms in several processes in the minerals industry. As this industry deals mostly with particles, DEM can be used with different approaches ranging from machine- or process-focused to particle scale applications, where each of them presents individual challenges. Some of DEM’s applications include simulation of granular materials handling, classification, comminution, agglomeration and concentration. DEM also can be applied as a coupled tool to other numerical simulation techniques such as CFD, SPH, MBP, MBD and FEM.

This Special Issue of Minerals aims to gather the most recent research and application advances using DEM, and its coupled techniques, with direct interest in the minerals industry. We would like to invite researchers in this field to submit your research papers, review papers, and communications related to DEM in the minerals industry.

Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Magalhães de Carvalho
Guest Editor

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