Using level sets for creating virtual random packs of non-spherical convex shapes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3295-3315

  Stafford, D Shane ^a   Jackson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic materials; Heterogeneous material; Level sets; Porous material; Propellants; Random packs; Solid rockets; Sphere packing

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EXPLOSIVES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PACKING; PROPELLANTS; ROCKETS; SPHERES;

COAL CHARS; CONVECTIVE BURNING; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; LEVEL SET; NON-SPHERICAL; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RANDOM PACK; SOLID ROCKETS; SPHERE PACKINGS; SPHERICAL CONVEX SHAPES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 77949314079     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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