Discrete Element Method to Model 3D Continuous Materials Jebahi Hardback

Discrete Element Method to Model 3D Continuous MaterialsAuthor(s): Mohamed Jebahi, Damien Andre, Inigo Terreros, Ivan Iordanoff\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc, United Kingdom\nImprint: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9781848217706, 978-1848217706\nSynopsis\nComplex behavior models (plasticity, cracks, visco elascticity) face some theoretical difficulties for the determination of the behavior law at the continuous scale. When homogenization fails to give the right behavior law, a solution is to simulate the material at a meso scale in order to simulate directly a set of discrete properties that are responsible of the macroscopic behavior. The discrete element model has been developed for granular material. The proposed set shows how this method is capable to solve the problem of complex behavior that are linked to discrete meso scale effects.