Parallel DEM software for simulation of granular media

Informatica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-224

  Maknickas, Algirdas ^a   Kačeniauskas, Arnas ^a   Kačianauskas, Rimantas ^a   Balevičius, Robertas ^a   Džiugys, Algis ^b  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Distributed memory PC clusters; Parallel computing; Spatial domain decomposition; The discrete element method; Visco elastic frictional granular media

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749351697     PISSN: 08684952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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