Computational Granular Dynamics: Models and Algorithms

✍ Scribed by Thorsten Pöschel, Thomas Schwager (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 323
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Computer simulations not only belong to the most important methods for the theoretical investigation of granular materials, but also provide the tools that have enabled much of the expanding research by physicists and engineers. The present book is intended to serve as an introduction to the application of numerical methods to systems of granular particles. Accordingly, emphasis is placed on a general understanding of the subject rather than on the presentation of the latest advances in numerical algorithms. Although a basic knowledge of C++ is needed for the understanding of the numerical methods and algorithms in the book, it avoids usage of elegant but complicated algorithms to remain accessible for those who prefer to use a different programming language. While the book focuses more on models than on the physics of granular material, many applications to real systems are presented.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-11
Molecular Dynamics....Pages 13-134
Event-Driven Molecular Dynamics....Pages 135-189
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo....Pages 191-210
Rigid-Body Dynamics....Pages 211-242
Cellular Automata....Pages 243-269
Bottom-to-Top Reconstruction....Pages 271-291
Brownian Dynamics for the Simulation of Granular Flows....Pages 293-301

✦ Subjects

Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics;Computational Science and Engineering;Numerical and Computational Methods;Numerical and Computational Methods in Engineering;Theoretical and Applied Mechanics