Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Granular Materials

The Physics of Granular Media

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 297-324

  Luding, Stefan ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2D simulation results; Computational aspects; Hard sphere molecular dynamics; Large scale computational examples; Molecular dynamics simulations of granular materials; Physics of granular media; Soft particle molecular dynamics method; Stress in particle simulations; TC model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

2D SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS; GRANULAR MEDIA; HARD SPHERES; LARGE-SCALE COMPUTATIONAL EXAMPLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; SOFT PARTICLES; TC MODEL;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84950129480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/352760362X.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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