Discrete element method for modelling solid and particulate materials

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-404

  Tavarez, Federico A ^a,b   Plesha, Michael E ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Convergence; Discrete element method; Fracture energy; Particulate media; Solid media

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOLIDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONTACT FAILURE; CONTACT FORCES; INTER-ELEMENT PARAMETERS;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOLIDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 34247359930     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1881     Document Type: Article

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