Prof. Haim Kalman
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Professor
Department :
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Room :
1
בנין מעבדות כבדות ע"ש סורף - 57
Phone :
972-8-6477113
972-8-6477099
Email :
hkalman@bgu.ac.il
Office Hours :
Education
B.Sc. 1982 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Mechanical Engineering
M.Sc. 1984 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Prof. R. Letan
Thesis: "Condensation Rate of Single Bubbles in Miscible and Immiscible Liquids"
Ph.D. 1989 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Prof. R. Letan
Thesis: "Condensation Rate of Single Bubbles in Miscible and Immiscible Liquids"
Research Interests
1. Fatigue Characteristics and Attrition Design of Particulate Solids.
2. Effect of cohesive Forces on Particles Fluidization.
3. Heat Transfer during Pneumatic Conveying.
4. Small Scale feeders.
5. Comminution – Jet Mills and Grinders.
6. Threshold Velocities in Particle-Fluid Systems.
7. Selection and Breakage Functions.
8. DEM Simulation of Particle Breakage.
9. Size Reduction Due to Compression, Impact and Shear Loads.
Research Projects
1. Threshold Velocities in Particle-Fluid Systems.
2. Tribology of Keramic Materials - VATAT (with A. Raveh)
3. Particles and Granules Breakage due to Various Loadings: Compression, Impact and Shear - GIF (with J. Tomas).
4. Three Plug Model - NSF (GOALI) (with G. Klinzing).
5. Characterization of Phases Interaction in Two Phase flow, with or without Phase Change by Numerical Simulation - VATAT (with Y. Weiss)