Particulate Discrete Element Modelling: A Geomechanics Perspective

by Catherine O'Sullivan

Overview

The first single work on DEM providing the information to get started with this powerful numerical modelling approach. Provides the basic details of the numerical method and the approaches used to interpret the results of DEM simulations. It will be of use to professionals, researchers and higher level students, with a theoretical overview of DEM as well as practical guidance.Selected Contents: 1.Introduction 2.Use of DEM in Geomechanics 3.Calculation of Contact Forces 4.Particle Motion 5.Particle Types 6.Boundary Conditions 7.Initial Geometry and Specimen Generation 8.Time Integration and Discrete Element Modelling 9.DEM Interpretation: A Continuum Perspective 10.Postprocessing: Graphical Interpretation of DEM Simulations 11.Basic Statisti

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040054222
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/06/2011
Series:	Applied Geotechnics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Catherine O'Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction  2.Use of DEM in Geomechanics  3. Calculation of Contact Forces  4.Particle Motion  5. Particle Types  6. Boundary Conditions  7. Initial Geometry and Specimen Generation  8. Time Integration and Discrete Element Modelling  9. DEM Interpretation: A Continuum Perspective  10. Postprocessing: Graphical Interpretation of DEM Simulations  11. Basic Statistical Analysis of Particulate Systems  12. Guidance on Running DEM Simulations  13. DEM: Future and Ongoing Developments

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This book is unique in the market, not only because it is the only introductory text of DEM written with so much practical advice for users, but also because of its unique attention to the audience in the area of geomechanics. ... An excellent reference textbook for a graduate course on DEM; it is also an excellent self-study reference for an individual graduate student or engineer who plans to carry out DEM."
— Helen Cheng, Géotechnique

Editorial Reviews

"This book is unique in the market, not only because it is the only introductory text of DEM written with so much practical advice for users, but also because of its unique attention to the audience in the area of geomechanics. ... An excellent reference textbook for a graduate course on DEM; it is also an excellent self-study reference for an individual graduate student or engineer who plans to carry out DEM."
— Helen Cheng, Géotechnique

"This volume on the theory and application of the particulate discrete element modeling approach is the first of its kind in the geomechanics community, and it represents a valuable and highly useable reference for a range of readers interested in numerical mechanical modeling."
––Amanda N. Hughes, Pure and Applied Geophysics

"This volume on the theory and application of the particulate discrete element modeling approach is the first of its kind in the geomechanics community, and it represents a valuable and highly useable reference for a range of readers interested in numerical mechanical modeling."
––PAGEOPH, 2014

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