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Paul W. Cleary is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research spans several areas within engineering, with a particular focus on computational mechanics and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering

Within this broad field, subfields of particular interest are:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Geophysics

Their work concentrates on these main topics:

  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
  • Mineral Processing and Grinding
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies

Paul W. Cleary has published multiple papers in frequent venues including:

  • Minerals Engineering (4 papers)
  • Applied Mathematical Modelling (4 papers)
  • Chemical Engineering Science (2 papers)
  • Scientific Reports (1 paper)
  • International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics (1 paper)

Recent publications by the scientist include the following:

  • "Axial pressure distribution, flow behaviour and breakage within a HPGR investigation using DEM," 2021, Minerals Engineering
  • "Advanced comminution modelling: Part 1 - Crushers," 2020, Applied Mathematical Modelling
  • "Prediction of slurry grinding due to media and coarse rock interactions in a 3D pilot SAG mill using a coupled DEM + SPH model," 2020, Minerals Engineering
  • "Application of SPH to Single and Multiphase Geophysical, Biophysical and Industrial Fluid Flows," 2020, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Frequent collaborators in their research activity have been:

  • Simon M. Harrison
  • Gary W. Delaney
  • Matt D. Sinnott
  • Sharen J. Cummins
  • Raymond C.Z. Cohen

Best Publications

  • DEM modelling of industrial granular flows: 3D case studies and the effect of particle shape on hopper discharge

    Paul W Cleary;Mark L Sawley

  • Conduction Modelling Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

    Paul W Cleary;Joseph J Monaghan

  • Modelling confined multi-material heat and mass flows using SPH

    Paul W. Cleary

  • Large scale industrial DEM modelling

    Paul W. Cleary

  • Predicting charge motion, power draw, segregation and wear in ball mills using discrete element methods

    P.W. Cleary

  • The contribution of DEM to the science of comminution

    Nirmal Weerasekara;Malcolm Powell;Paul Cleary;Luís Marcelo Tavares

  • Large-scale landslide simulations : global deformation, velocities and basal friction

    Charles S. Campbell;Paul W. Cleary;Mark Hopkins

  • An investigation of the comparative behaviour of alternative contact force models during elastic collisions

    Colin Thornton;Sharen J. Cummins;Paul W. Cleary

  • Prediction of screw conveyor performance using the Discrete Element Method (DEM)

    P.J. Owen;P.W. Cleary

  • Recent advances in dem modelling of tumbling mills

    P.W. Cleary

  • DEM prediction of industrial and geophysical particle flows

    Paul W. Cleary

  • Charge behaviour and power consumption in ball mills: sensitivity to mill operating conditions, liner geometry and charge composition

    Paul W Cleary

  • DEM simulation of industrial particle flows: case studies of dragline excavators, mixing in tumblers and centrifugal mills

    Paul W. Cleary

  • Smooth particle hydrodynamics: status and future potential

    Paul W. Cleary;Mahesh Prakash;Joseph Ha;Nick Stokes

  • Industrial particle flow modelling using discrete element method

    Paul W. Cleary

  • The packing properties of superellipsoids

    G. W. Delaney;P. W. Cleary

  • Dynamics of gas–solid fluidised beds with non-spherical particle geometry

    J.E. Hilton;L.R. Mason;P.W. Cleary

  • The effect of particle shape on simple shear flows

    Paul W. Cleary

  • Flow modelling in casting processes

    Paul Cleary;Joseph Ha;Vladimir Alguine;Thang Nguyen

  • Modelling comminution devices using DEM

    Paul Cleary

  • Discrete-element modelling and smoothed particle hydrodynamics: potential in the environmental sciences.

    Paul W. Cleary;Mahesh Prakash

  • Comparison of DEM and experiment for a scale model SAG mill

    Paul W Cleary;Rob Morrisson;Steve Morrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Raj Das
Raj Das RMIT University
Murray Rudman
Murray Rudman Monash University
Velandai Srikanth
Velandai Srikanth Monash University
Colin Thornton
Colin Thornton University of Birmingham
Peter Hunter
Peter Hunter University of Auckland
Chuan-Yu Wu
Chuan-Yu Wu University of Surrey
Keith Richards
Keith Richards University of Cambridge
Tom Spencer
Tom Spencer University of Cambridge
William L. Smith
William L. Smith Langley Research Center
Kevin Kendall
Kevin Kendall Hydrogen United

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