Modelling realistic shape and particle inertia in DEM

Geotechnique

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Ferellec, J ^a   McDowell, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Friction; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; KEY PARAMETERS; MOMENTS OF INERTIA; NONUNIFORM; NUMERICAL MODELING; PARTICLE INERTIA; PARTICLE SHAPE; SIMPLE METHOD; TECHNICAL NOTES;

MECHANICS;

FRICTION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; FRICTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 77956250396     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.9.T.015     Document Type: Article

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