Image-based modeling of lunar soil simulant for 3-D DEM simulations

Earth and Space 2006 - Proceedings of the 10th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 23-

  Matsushima, Takashi ^a   Katagiri, Jun ^a   Uesugi, Kentaro ^b   Tsuchiyama, Akira ^c   Nakano, Tsukaka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEM SIMULATIONS; GRANULAR ASSEMBLY; IMAGE BASED MODELING; LUNAR SOIL SIMULANTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOILS; VISUALIZATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 33845684326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40830(188)23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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