Assessing continuum postulates in simulations of granular flow

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 828-839

  Rycroft, Chris H ^a,b   Kamrin, Ken ^c   Bazant, Martin Z ^d,e  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Granular materials; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONFINED FLOW; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CONTINUUM MODEL; DEFORMATION RATES; DYNAMICAL CORRELATIONS; INHOMOGENEITIES; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PHYSICAL PICTURES; PLASTICITY THEORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 64049110081     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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