Measurement and visualization of particle flux in a rotating cylinder by MRI

Abstract

This paper describes the measurement of particle behavior of inner structure by using MRI. Another way to measure inner structure is X-ray, but it is harmful to human body and can not measure velocity. We measured the radial and axial segregation of mixture of different size particle in a rotating cylinder. The effects of cylinder shape and particle size on segregation phenomena were studied. Furthermore, the particle velocity distribution was measured by the tagging method.