A packing algorithm for three-dimensional convex particles

Granular Matter

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 307-315

  Lee, Yusin ^a   Fang, Chung ^a   Tsou, You Ren ^a   Lu, Li Sin ^a   Yang, Cheng Tao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Granular material; Packing; Polyhedron; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL NUT; COMPLEX SHAPES; CONTAINER WALLS; CONVEX POLYHEDRONS; DIFFERENT SIZES; GRANULAR PARTICLES; HALF SPACES; KEY OPERATIONS; OVERLAPPING REGIONS; PACKING ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE ROTATIONS; POLYHEDRON; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSION;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 69549118453     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-009-0133-7     Document Type: Article

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