Foreword on the special issue: from discrete particles to continuum models of granular mechanics
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Kamrin, Kenneth N
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November 2016
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Computational Particle Mechanics
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Springer International Publishing
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Kamrin, Ken. “Foreword on the Special Issue: From Discrete Particles to Continuum Models of Granular Mechanics.” Computational Particle Mechanics 4, no. 4 (November 25, 2016): 371–371.
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Abstract
The mechanics of granular materials have remained a challenge to describe since the days of Coulomb, both theoretically and computationally. Granular media arise in a number of everyday circumstances (e.g., raw materials, soils, food/agriculture, pharmaceuticals, vehicle mobility, debris removal) and remain the second-most handled material by weight in global industry. Hence, the challenge of coming up with accurate and efficient ways to simulate a collection of grains is an issue of great import to multiple disciplines. There are two major perspectives. Ideally, one would like a continuum model able to describe the behavior of large collections of grains in a numerically efficient fashion. There is also the discrete perspective, where modeling arises at the individual particle level and the motion of every grain is tracked and evolved under mechanical laws.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-016-0148-x
