The modelling of particle systems with real shapes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1822, 2004, Pages 1953-1972

  Latham, J P ^a   Munjiza, A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cube packing; Discrete elements; Geoscience; Particle shape; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544296581     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1425     Document Type: Article

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