On the elastic moduli of two-dimensional assemblies of disks: Relevance and modeling of fluctuations in particle displacements and rotations

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Agnolin, I ^a   Kruyt, N P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DEM simulations; Elastic moduli; Equivalent continuum; Fluctuations; Granular media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOMETRY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ROTATION; STIFFNESS;

EQUIVALENT CONTINUUM; PARTICLE DISPLACEMENTS; STRAIN THEORY;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 36849074744     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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