07.04.2013 Views

QUALITY CHANGES, DUST GENERATION, AND COMMINGLING ...

QUALITY CHANGES, DUST GENERATION, AND COMMINGLING ...

QUALITY CHANGES, DUST GENERATION, AND COMMINGLING ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

wbc<br />

wQ2D<br />

Width of bucket cup, mm<br />

Width of quasi-2D model, mm<br />

W Force normal to the surface of contact, N<br />

X Random variable in the conditional probability<br />

xi<br />

Concentration in the ith sample<br />

x Average sample concentrations of a key component in a mixture<br />

Greek<br />

Letters<br />

δn<br />

δt<br />

Normal overlap, m<br />

Tangential overlap, m<br />

δ n<br />

& Normal component of relative velocity, m·s -1<br />

δ t<br />

& Tangential component of relative velocity, m·s -1<br />

ε Roughness of the sliding surface, cm<br />

ζn<br />

ηn<br />

ηt<br />

Reduction factor, dimensionless (n = 4, 5, 6, 7)<br />

Normal damping coefficient, N·s·m -1<br />

Tangential damping coefficient, N·s·m -1<br />

θ Angle of friction or repose, deg<br />

µ Coefficient of angle of friction or repose, dimensionless<br />

µk<br />

µs<br />

µs(so-so)<br />

µs(so-st)<br />

µr<br />

ν n<br />

ρb<br />

ρp<br />

Coefficient of kinetic friction, dimensionless<br />

Coefficient of static friction, dimensionless<br />

Coefficient of static friction for soybean-soybean contact, dimensionless<br />

Coefficient of static friction for soybean-steel contact, dimensionless<br />

Coefficient of rolling friction, dimensionless<br />

Particle Poisson’s ratio, dimensionless (n = i, j, for particles i and j)<br />

Bulk density of a grain sample, kg·m -3<br />

Seed or particle density, kg·m -3<br />

ρ Unit density, 1.0 g·cm 0<br />

-3<br />

σ Standard deviation of sample concentrations of a key component in a mixture<br />

xxvi

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!