1st Edition
Particulate Discrete Element Modelling A Geomechanics Perspective
Introduction
Use of DEM in Geomechanics
Calculation of Contact Forces
Particle Motion
Particle Types
Boundary Conditions
Initial Geometry and Specimen Generation
Time Integration and Discrete Element Modelling
DEM Interpretation: A Continuum Perspective
Postprocessing: Graphical Interpretation of DEM Simulations
Basic Statistical Analysis of Particulate Systems
Guidance on Running DEM Simulations
DEM: Future and Ongoing Developments
Biography
Catherine O’Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College, UK.
"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
