Research Article

Calibration of Discrete Element Simulation Parameters for Powder Screw Conveying

Table 7

ANOVA of quadratic polynomial model of Box-Behnken experiment.

Source of variationMean squareFreedomQuadratic sumF value value

Model0.006390.008531.830.0007
H0.007010.007026.360.0037
J0.056610.0566212.69<0.0001
K0.002310.00238.760.0315
HJ8.1 × 10–618.1 × 10–60.03050.8682
HK0.000010.00000.04730.8364
JK8.7 × 10–618.7 × 10–60.03270.8637
H20.001210.00124.530.0867
J20.007910.007929.500.0029
K20.000910.00093.280.1299
Residual0.001350.0003
Lack of fit0.001330.000448.640.0202
Pure error0.000029 × 10–6
Sum0.077614
R2 = 0.9828. Adjusted R2 = 0.9520. Predicted R2 = 0.7287. CV = 0.72%. Adep Precision = 18.42