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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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.
Date issued
2016-11Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical EngineeringJournal
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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2196-4378
2196-4386