Discrete Element Method (DEM) and its possible application

Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2527-2530

  Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DEM; Formulation; Plant mechanics; Terramechanics; Virtual root growth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DAMPING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ROCKS; SOILS;

DEM; FORMULATION; PLANT MECHANICS; TERRAMECHANICS; VIRTUAL ROOT GROWTH;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 12744253503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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