A method for representing boundaries in discrete element modelling - Part I: Geometry and contact detection

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1407-1421

  Kremmer, M ^a   Favier, J F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary; Contact detection; DEM; Discrete element method; Finite wall method; Geometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL BOUNDARIES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

MODELING;

EID: 0035975227     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.184     Document Type: Article

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