title: Quantification of the Relationship between Porosity and Interparticle Forces for the Packing of Wet Uniform Spheres.
abstract: This paper presents an attempt to quantify the relationship between porosity and interparticle forces. In particular, it concerns the packing of wet mono-sized spheres where capillary force is dominant. The interrelationships between capillary force, porosity, and liquid content are first analyzed based on well-established theories and experimental observations. The resultant data are then used to correlate porosity with the force ratio defined as the average capillary force to the gravity of a particle. Application of this correlation is finally demonstrated by examples of porosity prediction. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Yu