Modelling of multiple intra-time step collisions in the hard-sphere discrete element method

Powder Technology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-130

  Stratton, R E ^a   Wensrich, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Hard sphere model; Rigid particle

Indexed keywords

BINARY COLLISIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DENSE MATERIALS; DILUTE PHASE; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; HARD-SPHERE; HARD-SPHERE MODELS; LINEAR CONTACT; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MOMENTUM CONSERVATIONS; MULTIPLE COLLISIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; RESTITUTION COEFFICIENT; RIGID PARTICLES; SIMULATION RESULT; STIFFNESS MODEL; TIME STEP;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

SPHERES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 76749166232     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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