Dynamic analysis of poured packing process of ellipsoidal particles

Abstract Packing properties are determined by the dynamic deposition history and affected by many variables. In this work, DEM is used to study the effects of dropping height, deposition intensity and friction coefficient on the dynamic response and stable-state packing properties of ellipsoidal particles. The results demonstrate that with dropping height increasing, packing density increases but the bed becomes less ordered. Dropping height affects the densification process of ellipsoids more significantly than spheres. At high dropping height, the transition period of the orientation angle in the densification process almost disappears for oblate particles, while it becomes longer for prolate particles. With the increase of deposition intensity, packing density decreases significantly, but orientational order changes slightly. With the increase of sliding friction coefficient, packing density and orientational order decrease dramatically. The difference in packing density is mainly caused by dynamic pouring process rather than the densification process.