Contact forces in anisotropic frictional granular materials

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 13-14, 2003, Pages 3537-3556

  Kruyt, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Force probability density function; Granular materials; Maximum entropy method

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

FRICTIONAL GRANULAR MATERIALS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; CONTACT; ENTROPY;

EID: 0037644871     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(03)00148-3     Document Type: Article

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