Contact resolution algorithm for an ellipsoid approximation for discrete element modeling

DOI10.1108/02644400410519758zbMath1062.74656OpenAlexW2028704819MaRDI QIDQ4678315

John R. Williams, Benjamin K. Cook, Scott M. Johnson

Publication date: 23 May 2005

Published in: Engineering Computations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/02644400410519758

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four-arc approximation

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