Table 2.

Particle and liquid properties used in parametric simulation studies.

Parameter	Base value	Value range
Particle diameter (μm), dp	800	150–2000
Particle density (kg/m3), ρp	1.3 × 103	1.3 × 103
Young’s modulus (Pa), E	1 × 106	106–109
Poisson’s ratio, σ	0.45	0.45
Coefficient of restitution, e	0.3	0.3
Coefficient of friction, μcof	0.5	0.5
Liquid density (kg/m3), ρf	1 × 103	0.4 × 103–1.4 × 103
Liquid kinematic viscosity (m2/s), vf	1 × 10−6	0.5 × 10−6−1 × 10−5
Applied pressure (psi), P	1.75	1.75–10
Approximate cake thickness (cm), hc	2.5	2.5
DEM time step (s), t	1 × 10−6	1 × 10−8−1 × 10−6