A particle center based homogenization strategy for granular assemblies

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 21, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 360-383

  D'Addetta, G A ^a   Ramm, E ^a   Diebels, S ^b   Ehlers, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modelling; Particle physics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

COUPLE STRESSES; GRANULAR ASSEMBLIES; HOMOGENIZATION; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUMES (REV);

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 2942602984     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400410519839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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