Discrete Element Simulation and the Contact Problem

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-304

  Williams, J R ^a   O'Connor, R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 0033270754     PISSN: 11343060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02818917     Document Type: Article

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