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Design And Fabrication Of A Tapped Densification Apparatus For Bulk Solids, Joshua H. De Jong
Design And Fabrication Of A Tapped Densification Apparatus For Bulk Solids, Joshua H. De Jong
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Experiments are commonly used to ascertain the flow properties of bulk solids. One such property is a measurement quantity known as the tapped density. Here, a container of granular material is subjected to a long sequence of discrete taps, after which the bulk density - the total mass divided by the volume occupied –- is determined. Current technology exists to achieve the maximum tap density by subjecting a container to a user defined number of taps at a specific, predetermined amplitude and frequency. However, the final bulk density is known to be dependent on the tap parameters. It can therefore …