Shape simulation of granular particles in concrete and applications in DEM

Brittle Matrix Composites 10

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 275-283

  He, Huan ^a   Stroeven, Piet ^b   Pirard, Eric ^c   Courard, Luc ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Concrete; DEM; Packing; Shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902221017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-85709-988-4.50026-8     Document Type: Chapter

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