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Simulation of stresses in iron ore pellets for confined compression-tests using the multi particle finite element method
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Mechanics of Solid Materials.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3907-0802
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Mechanics of Solid Materials.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7514-0513
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Mechanics of Solid Materials.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0910-7990
2011 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Numerical simulation of the compaction of granular materials is an area of active research. One approach is to use deformable discrete elements of the individual particles using a 2D finite element (FE) mesh, see e.g. [1] and [2]. In this work, the axial compression of iron ore pellets inside a steel cylinder is studied and the individual particles are discretized with a coarse FE mesh in 3D. One possibility of this model is to study the stresses and strains inside the granular particles. Experiment and simulation of iron ore pellets in a confined compression test are done. The experiment consists of an upper and lower piston of thick circular steel plates surrounded by a 2 mm steel cylinder containing the iron ore pellets. The total mass of the iron ore pellets is 46.0kg. During a test, an axial load is applied on the lower piston to a certain level and then unloaded. Measured data are the force and displacement of the lower piston. In addition, strain gauges are measuring the circumferential strain in the middle of the steel membrane. Experimental compression tests between two plates of 18 randomly chosen iron ore pellets were done in order to characterize the load displacement behaviour of the individual pellets. FE models of the experimental tested pellets were carried out and simulated. Each pellet was discretized with an eight-node FE mesh. An elasto-plastic material model with linear hardening is used. The Young’s modulus, the plastic hardening modulus, and the yield stress of the material model were found by inverse modelling. Different material parameters were tested systematically in the FE model and compared with the experimental results until the same load displacement curve was obtained. A multi particle finite element model (MPFEM) was used to simulate the confined compression test. The iron ore pellets are represented in a quarter-model of the real experimental setup by 4756 discretized particles (7-16 mm) with a normal distribution measured from size distribution in the experiment. The contacts are modelled with the penalty stiffness method. The pistons are considered rigid in the simulation and the steel cylinder is modelled with thin elastic shell elements. The compression is simulated in two steps. In the first step, the iron ore pellets models are randomly sparse placed the cylinder and a gravity driven simulation is carried out where the pellets are arranged in the cylinder. In the second step, the compression is simulated by a prescribed displacement of the upper piston. Compared data from the experiment and simulation are; fill density, force-displacement curve and circumferential strain. A relation between the global stress state from the loading of the piston and the maximum stresses inside the individual iron ore pellets was carried out from the simulation. References [1] A.T. Procopio, A. Zavaliangos. “Simulation of multi-axial compaction of granular media from loose to high relative densities”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 53 pp. 1523-1551, 2005. [2] D.T. Gethin, R.S. Ransing, R.W. Lewis, M. Dutko, A.J.L. Crook, “Numerical comparison of a deformable discrete element model and an equivalent continuum analysis for the compaction of ductile porous material”, Computers and Structures, 79 pp. 1287-1294, 2001.

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2011.
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Applied Mechanics
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Solid Mechanics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-37554Local ID: b9e619a1-99ca-44d2-b60c-c2efda657d9dOAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-37554DiVA, id: diva2:1011052
Conference
Svenska mekanikdagar 2011 : 13/06/2011 - 15/09/2011
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