A nonlocal model for heterogeneous material flow on conveyor belts

Abstract

In this paper, a finite volume approximation scheme is used to solve a nonlocal macroscopic material flow model in two space dimensions, accounting for the presence of boundaries in the nonlocal terms. Based on a previous result for the scalar case, we extend the setting to a system of heterogeneous material on bounded domains. We prove the convergence of the approximate solutions constructed using the Roe scheme with dimensiona splitting, where the major challenge lies in the treatment of the discontinuity occurring in the flux function. Numerical tests show a good agreement with microscopic simulations.