Modeling nonspherical particles using multisphere discrete elements

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 971-977

  Favier, J F ^a   Abbaspour Fard, M H ^a   Kremmer, M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ORIFICES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPHERES;

NONSPHERICAL PARTICLES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

PARTICLE;

EID: 0035473314     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2001)127:10(971)     Document Type: Article

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