Numerical studies of uniaxial powder compaction process by 3D DEM

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 21, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 304-317

  Sheng, Y ^a   Lawrence, C J ^a   Briscoe, B J ^a   Thornton, C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete manufacturing; Experimentation; Finite element analysis; Modelling; Numerical analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE MANUFACTURING; EXPERIMENTATION; PARTICLE ASSEMBLIES; PLASTIC CONTACT;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 2942612505     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400410519802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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