A non-iterative derivation of the common plane for contact detection of polyhedral blocks

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 734-753

  Chang, Shu Wei ^a   Chen, Chuin Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Common plane; Contact detection; Discrete elements; Polyhedron

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMMON PLANE; CONTACT DETECTION; NON-ITERATIVE DERIVATION; POLYHEDRAL BLOCKS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 42949157471     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2174     Document Type: Article

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