Granular element method (GEM): Linking inter-particle forces with macroscopic loading

Granular Matter

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-61

  Andrade, José E ^a   Avila, Carlos F ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact forces; Discrete mechanics; Granular element method; Multiscale modeling

Indexed keywords

3D X-RAY DIFFRACTION; CONTACT FORCES; DISCRETE MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; GRANULAR ELEMENT METHOD; GRANULAR STRUCTURESS; INTERPARTICLE FORCE; LINEAR MOMENTA; MACROSCOPIC LOADING; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NEWTONIAN MECHANICS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PARTICLE STRESS; PHYSICS-BASED;

LOADING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 84861227401     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-011-0298-8     Document Type: Article

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