Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Oxford
Article title
Potential particles: a method for modelling non-circular particles in DEM
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
COMPUT GEOTECH
Article number
-
Volume number
36
Issue number
6
First page of article
953
ISSN of journal
0266-352X
Year of publication
2009
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
DEM is a numerical technique for modelling the mechanics of granular materials explicitly at a particulate level. Particles are usually (but unrealistically) modelled spherically, because this greatly reduces computational time. The significance of this paper is that it pioneers an entirely novel technique for describing non-spherical particles, using a highly compact mathematical form without the need to resort to the complex point/edge/face data structures used in other approaches. Boon's doctoral research extends the work to rock-mechanics applications using linear programming techniques to achieve further efficiency gains.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
A - Civil and Offshore Engineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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