A packing generation scheme for the granular assemblies with planar elliptical particles

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 347-358

  Wang, Chung Yue ^a   Liang, Vei Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assemblies; Elliptical; Micromechanics; Packing; Particle; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PACKING;

GENERATOR ALGORITHMS; PLANAR ELLIPTICAL PARTICLES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROMECHANICS; PACKING;

EID: 0031148310     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199705)21:5<347::AID-NAG874>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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