Energy-conserving contact interaction models for arbitrarily shaped discrete elements

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Y.T Feng, K Han, D.R.J Owen, Yuntian Feng

, Roger Owen

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Volume: 205-208, Pages: 169 - 177

Swansea University Authors: Yuntian Feng , Roger Owen

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.cma.2011.02.010

Published in:	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
ISSN:	0045-7825
Published:	2012
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URI:	https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15629

Item Description:	The treatment of contact conditions in discrete element models has traditionally been based on simple engineering principles and heuristic approaches. This paper establishes a unified and energetically based formulation for contact modelling applicable to arbitrary shaped particles, which has a clear geometrical interpretation and can recover well-known models used in practice. The approach is implemented in commercial codes, including Rockfield’s discrete element system ELFEN (j.rance@rockfield.co.uk). Specific advantages of the methodology in terms of efficiency and stability have been found by Orica, Australia in application of ELFEN to simulation of their mine blasting operations.
College:	Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page:	169
End Page:	177