A 3D ellipsoid-based model for packing of granular particles

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 148-155

  Lee, Y ^a   Yang, C T ^b   Chien, C S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MOH AND ASSOCIATES INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ellipsoid; Packing; Particle; Simulated annealing; Standard sand

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELLIPSOID; STANDARD SAND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0037255911     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2003.000342     Document Type: Article

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