Contact function, uniform-thickness shell volume, and convexity measure for 3D star-shaped random particles

Powder Technology

Volumn 237, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-201

  Garboczi, E J ^a   Bullard, J W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact function; Convexity; Interface; Morphology; Particle; Shell

Indexed keywords

CONVEX HULL; CONVEXITY; LINEAR COEFFICIENTS; LINEAR TERMS; MEAN CURVATURE; MOMENT OF INERTIA; NEW RESULTS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PARTICLE PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SETS; QUADRATIC COEFFICIENTS; RANDOM PARTICLES; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SHELL; SHELL THICKNESS; SINGLE PARTICLE; SPHERICAL HARMONIC SERIES; STAR-SHAPED; SURFACE AREA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPHERES; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

STARS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SHAPE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TWO PARTICLE CONTACT FUNCTION; UNIFORM THICKNESS SHELL VOLUME;

EID: 84874516548     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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