Research on characteristics of water motion and influencing factors for the flexible air chamber jig body

• Published in: International journal of mining science and technology 2015-05, Vol.25 (3), p.389-394
• Main Authors: Chen, Yinghua, Kuang, Yali, Li, Haisheng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Flexible air chamber jig; Number of air bags; Numerical simulation; Screen location; Water motion; 体内; 变形数据; 均匀流动; 影响因素; 最大速度; 水运动; 空气室; 跳汰机
• ISSN: 2095-2686
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmst.2015.03.010

The air bag deformation data were obtained by high-speed dynamic videos experiments. Based on gas–liquid flow VOF model, dynamic mesh technique and deformation data, numerical simulations for differ-ent structure models were achieved, and the law of water motion and influencing factors were analyzed. The results show that the flow in the length direction of the jig is smooth, and second pulsation appears in the separation time and forms the secondary separation. The installation position of screen and the number of air bags have a great influence on the uniformity of flow and velocity. The screen height cannot be too low to avoid forming the unstable flow. At the same time, the screen height cannot be too high, other-wise water velocity will be too small and was unable to provide enough power. At the height of 1.4 m, velocity unevenness is minimum and the best uniform flow can be obtained. Compared with double air bags, there are the following features of single air bag：water flow is not smooth, the time achieving the maximum velocity is too long, maximum velocity is smaller, and overall effect is worse than double air bags.