Study of Clogging Phenomenon for a Conical Hopper: The Influence of Particle Bed Height and Hopper Angle

Figure 8

Results of contact pressure near the orifice. (a) Contact pressure at the vertical central line of the yellow box shown in Figure 2 against vertical position normalized by the diameter of the outlet for various heights . (b) The contact pressure on the upper edge of the square shown as the yellow box in Figure 2 versus the particle bed height .

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