Modeling slow deformation of polygonal particles using DEM

Particuology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 506-514

  Peña, Andrés A ^a   Lind, Pedro G ^a   Herrmann, Hans J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contact forces; Discrete element method; Granular media; Slow deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; CONTACT FORCES; CONTROLLED TESTS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS; FRICTIONAL CONTACTS; GRANULAR MEDIA; GRANULAR PACKINGS; IRREGULAR PARTICLES; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL SCHEMES; POLYGONAL PARTICLES; SLOW DEFORMATION; TWO PARTICLES; UPPER LIMITS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 57149090061     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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