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conference paper
A generalization of distinct element method to tridimensional particles with complex shapes
2005
Powders and Grains 2005
The distinct element method was originally designed to handle spherical particles. Here, this method is generalized to a wider range of particle shapes called spherosimplices. A contact detection method is given as well which uses weighted Delaunay triangulations to detect contacts occurring in a population of particles with such shapes. Finally, a set of numerical experiments is performed indicating that the overall contact detection complexity is linear in the number of particles.
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