Particle-Based Methods Fundamentals and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oñate, Eugenio (Editor), Owen, Roger (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, 25
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Physics.; Continuum mechanics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Engineering, general.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Advances in the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for solving coupled problems in engineering
• Advances in Computational Modelling of Multi-Physics in Particle-Fluid Systems
• Large Scale Simulation of Industrial, Engineering and Geophysical Flows Using Particle Methods
• Parallel computation particle methods for multi-phase fluid flow with application oil reservoir characterization
• The Particle Finite Element Method for multi-fluid flows
• On Material Modeling by Polygonal Discrete Elements,- Discrete numerical analysis of failure modes in granular materials
• Homogenization of Granular Material modelled by a 3D DEM
• Some consideration on derivative approximation of particle methods
• Discrete element modelling of rock cutting.