A statistical analysis of void size distribution in a simulated narrowly graded packing of spheres

Granular Matter

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 457-468

  Reboul, Nadège ^a   Vincens, Eric ^a   Cambou, Bernard ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TRIBOLOGIE ET DYNAMIQUE DES SYSTÈMES   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity function; Constrictions; Delaunay tessellation; Discrete element method; Void size distributions

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY FUNCTION; CONSTRICTIONS; DELAUNAY TESSELLATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; VOID SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

EMBANKMENT DAMS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PACKING; POLYDISPERSITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SPHERES;

EID: 53549120488     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-008-0111-5     Document Type: Article

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