Optimum cell size for contact detection in the algorithm of the discrete element method

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 969-975

  Mio, Hiroshi ^a,b   Shimosaka, Atsuko ^b   Shirakawa, Yoshiyuki ^b   Hidaka, Jusuke ^b  

^a KFPT   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact detection; Discrete element method; Large computing; Optimum cell; Speed up

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

CALCULATION SPEED; CONTACT DETECTION; OPTIMUM CELL SIZE; RANDOM-SIZED PARTICLES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 33645979851     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: 00219592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.38.969     Document Type: Article

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