An energy-conserving contact theory for discrete element modelling of arbitrarily shaped particles: basic framework and general contact model

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2020.113454zbMath1506.74223OpenAlexW3092514790MaRDI QIDQ2020743

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 26 April 2021

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55242/Download/55242__18225__6b88ad942b234478b5c52bd05692719c.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

discrete elementmultiple contactsconvex and concave shapesenergy-conserving contact modelunified contact theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contact in solid mechanics (74M15) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30)

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