A numerical representation of fracturing granular materials

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 825-843

  Robertson, D ^a   Bolton, M D ^a   Mcdowell, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture modelling; Granular materials; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FUNCTIONS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STRESSES;

FRACTAL CRUSHING; ONE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHMS;

FRACTURE MODELLING; GRANULAR MEDIUM;

EID: 0031428089     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9853(199712)21:12<825::aid-nag903>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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