An upscale theory of particle simulation for two-dimensional quasi-static problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-421

  Zhao, Chongbin ^a,b   Hobbs, B E ^b   Ord, A ^b   Peng, Shenglin ^a   Liu, Liangming ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Different length scales; Folding and faulting; Particle simulation method; Quasi static systems; Similarity criteria; Upscale theory

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PARTICLE-SIMULATION METHOD; QUASI-STATIC SYSTEMS; SIMILARITY CRITERIA; UPSCALE THEORY;

GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 35348956367     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2018     Document Type: Article

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