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Developing Mechanistic Understanding of Granular Behaviour in Complex Moving Geometry using the Discrete Element Method. Part A: Measurement and Reconstruction of TurbulaMixer Motion using Positron Emission Particle Tracking

M. Marigo^1,2, D. L. Cairns¹, M. Davies¹, M. Cook³,A. Ingram^2,4,5, E. H. Stitt¹

1 Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, P.O. Box 1, Belasis Avenue, Billingham, Cleveland, TS231LB, United Kingdom
2 Centre for Formulation Engineering, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
3 DEM Solutions, Edinburgh, EH2 3NH, United Kingdom
4 Positron Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Birmingham, B152TT, United Kingdom
5 Corresponding author. Tel.: (+44) (0) 121 414 4548; fax: (+44) (0) 121 414 5324; E-mail: a.ingram@bham.ac.uk.