A study on the effects of microparameters on macroproperties for specimens created by bonded particles

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 607-631

  Yang, Budong ^a   Jiao, Yue ^a   Lei, Shuting ^a  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary particles; Finite elements analysis; Numerical analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POISSON RATIO; SHEAR STRENGTH;

BONDED PARTICLES; MACROPROPERTIES; MICROPARAMETERS; PURPOSE - TO USE DISTINCT ELEMENT SIMULATION (PFC2D);

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 33746641725     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400610680333     Document Type: Article

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