RESEARCH OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS OF GRANULATION OF BULK AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНОГО ПРОЦЕСУ ГРАНУЛЮВАННЯ СИПКИХ СІЛЬСЬКОГОСПОДАРСЬКИХ МАТЕРІАЛІВ
DOI : https://doi.org/10.35633/inmateh-75-63
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This research addresses the axisymmetric problem in the theory of granulation of porous bodies, with practical application in calculating the forces involved in the granulation of dispersed bulk materials such as chips, granules, and other agricultural and woodworking waste. For such materials, the shape of the particles (structural elements) is generally irregular and not geometrically well-defined. This characteristic served as the basis for adopting a continuum model of porous media. In this model, the material is treated as a continuous substance that fills all available layers of bulk space, allowing for the mechanical behavior of materials with internal pores or voids to be accurately described. The pores within the material are considerably smaller compared to other characteristic dimensions of the material's properties. In the continuum model, the mechanical characteristics of the material, such as stress, strain, and compaction, are described by mathematical equations that account for the material’s physical properties and its behavior under loading. By reducing this model to a two-dimensional spatial form, a closed-form analytical solution was obtained using a general method for solving the differential equations of equilibrium along with the Huber–Mises energy condition for plasticity. The following assumptions were adopted as working hypotheses: radial and tangential stresses are equal, and the lateral pressure coefficient is equal to the proportional granulation density. Given that the problem is solved in a general form, the solution should be regarded as methodological, that is, it can be applied to any loading scheme exhibiting axial symmetry. Transcendental equations were derived to describe the deformation compaction process of a porous body. These equations account for both the ideal granulation process and the influence of contact friction forces. As a result of developing a solution method for these equations, dependencies were obtained for calculating the local characteristics of the stress state during granulation, as well as for integral parameters of the process, such as compaction and deformation work.
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