Development of micromechanical models for granular media : ttthe projection problem

Granular Matter

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 337-352

  Walsh, Stuart D C ^a   Tordesillas, Antoinette ^a   Peters, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale; Micromechanics; Micropolar; Thermomechanics

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR CONTINUA; MICROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SCALE MEASUREMENTS; THERMOMECHANICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 34548236389     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-007-0043-5     Document Type: Article

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