Simulation of front end loader bucket-soil interaction using discrete element method

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1147-1162

  Nezami, Erfan G ^a   Hashash, Youssef M A ^a   Zhao, Dawei ^a   Ghaboussi, Jamshid ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Earthmoving equipment; Soil tool interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS;

EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT; FORCE FEEDBACK; SOIL PILE; SOIL-TOOL INTERACTION;

PILES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PILES; SOIL MECHANICS;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORCE; PILE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 34547607301     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.594     Document Type: Article

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