Using a deformable discrete-element technique to model the compaction behaviour of mixed ductile and brittle particulate systems

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

Volumn 362, Issue 1822, 2004, Pages 1867-1884

  Ransing, R S ^a   Lewis, R W ^a   Gethin, D T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Discrete element method; Ductile and brittle particles; Finite element method; Yield surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544365480     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1421     Document Type: Article

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