Some computational and algorithmic developments in computational mechanics of discontinua

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

Volumn 362, Issue 1822, 2004, Pages 1817-1833

  Munjiza, A ^a   Latham, J P ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Contact; Discrete elements; Finite elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544367251     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1418     Document Type: Article

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