Simulation of chute flow of soybeans using an improved tangential force-displacement model

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-129

  Zhang, Xiang ^a   Vu Quoc, Loc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); TANGENTIAL FORCE-DISPLACEMENT MODEL;

SEED;

EID: 0034135339     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(99)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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