Performance of integration schemes in discrete element simulations of particle systems involving consecutive contacts

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2152-2157

  Kruggel Emden, H ^a,b   Stepanek, F ^a   Munjiza, A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consecutive contacts; Discrete element method; Integration schemes; Realistic assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE TIME STEPPING; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONSECUTIVE CONTACTS; DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INTEGRATION METHOD; INTEGRATION SCHEME; INTEGRATION SCHEMES; LINEAR CONTACT; MANY-PARTICLE SYSTEMS; MOVING PARTICLES; NORMAL FORCES; OBLIQUE IMPACT; ONE-STEP INTEGRATION METHODS; PARTICLE MOVEMENT; PARTICLE SYSTEMS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; REALISTIC ASSESSMENT; STEP SIZE; SYSTEMS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TERMINATION CONDITION;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RATING;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 80051474646     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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