From discrete element simulations to a continuum model

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Luding, S ^a   Latzel M ^a   Volk, W ^a   Diebels, S ^a   Herrmann, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic materials; Couette shear cell; Fabric tensor; MD simulation; Micro macro description; Shear zone; Stress and strain averaging

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; FABRIC TENSORS; MD SIMULATION; MICRO-MACRO; SHEAR CELLS; SHEAR ZONE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY;

TENSORS;

EID: 84871167573     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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