A geometric algorithm based on tetrahedral meshes to generate a dense polydisperse sphere packing

Granular Matter

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Jerier, Jean François ^a   Imbault, Didier ^a   Donze, Frederic Victor ^a   Doremus, Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Geometric algorithm; Polydisperse spheres; Sphere packing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SHAPES; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EMPTY SPACES; FILLING IN; GEOMETRIC ALGORITHM; HIGH DENSITIES; HIGH PACKING DENSITIES; PACKING DENSITIES; POLYDISPERSE SPHERES; SPHERE PACKING; TETRAHEDRAL MESHES;

CHANNEL CODING; PACKING; POLYDISPERSITY;

SPHERES;

EID: 58149350224     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-008-0116-0     Document Type: Article

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