DEM simulation of slow crushing of single particles

My colleague Dr Abubeker Ali produced these results. His excellent work shows slow crushing of a single binary ore particle, at strain rates typical of those in a jaw crusher. The sequence shows the particle, a crushed untreated particle, and a crushed particle following treatment at high microwave power density. The images have been coloured to allow Dr Ali to determine the liberation spectrum of the progeny fragments.

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