Particle-Based Methods: Fundamentals and Applications

✍ Scribed by E. Oñate, S. R. Idelsohn, M. A. Celigueta, R. Rossi, J. Marti (auth.), Eugenio Oñate, Roger Owen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 280
• Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences 25
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book contains 11 chapters written by relevant scientists in the field of particle-based methods and their applications in engineering and applied sciences. The chapters cover most particle-based techniques used in practice including the discrete element method, the smooth particle hydrodynamic method and the particle finite element method. The book will be of interest to researchers and engineers interested in the fundamentals of particle-based methods and their applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Advances in the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for Solving Coupled Problems in Engineering....Pages 1-49
Advances in Computational Modelling of Multi-Physics in Particle-Fluid Systems....Pages 51-88
Large Scale Simulation of Industrial, Engineering and Geophysical Flows Using Particle Methods....Pages 89-111
Parallel Computation Particle Methods for Multi-Phase Fluid Flow with Application Oil Reservoir Characterization....Pages 113-134
The Particle Finite Element Method for Multi-Fluid Flows....Pages 135-158
On Material Modeling by Polygonal Discrete Elements....Pages 159-185
Discrete Numerical Analysis of Failure Modes in Granular Materials....Pages 187-210
Homogenization of Granular Material Modeled by a 3D DEM....Pages 211-231
Some Consideration on Derivative Approximation of Particle Methods....Pages 233-245
Discrete Element Modelling of Rock Cutting....Pages 247-267

✦ Subjects

Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials;Computational Science and Engineering;Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics;Engineering, general