Simulation study on micro and macro mechanical behaviour of sand piles

Powder Technology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-123

  Roul, Pradip ^a   Schinner, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b T SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Fabric; Representative volume element; Sand pile; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

CONTACT DENSITY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE-ELEMENT APPROACH; FABRIC TENSORS; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MACROSCOPIC STRESS; MEAN COORDINATION NUMBERS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICRO AND MACRO; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POINT SOURCES; POLYGONAL PARTICLES; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; SAND PILE; SAND PILES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOFT PARTICLES; STATIC LIMITS; STRESS TENSORS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

FABRICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PILES; TENSORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

SAND;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DISPERSION; MECHANICS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SAND; SIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77956620160     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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