Overview
- Introduces the discrete element method in detail
- Reviews DEM-FEM and DEM-CFD methods for granular-structure/continuum and solid-fluid coupling
- Discusses applications of discrete element method in sea-ice, railway-ballast and aerospace engineering
Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering (STME)
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This book systematically introduces readers to computational granular mechanics and its relative engineering applications. Part I describes the fundamentals, such as the generation of irregular particle shapes, contact models, macro-micro theory, DEM-FEM coupling, and solid-fluid coupling of granular materials. It also discusses the theory behind various numerical methods developed in recent years. Further, it provides the GPU-based parallel algorithm to guide the programming of DEM and examines commercial and open-source codes and software for the analysis of granular materials. Part II focuses on engineering applications, including the latest advances in sea-ice engineering, railway ballast dynamics, and lunar landers. It also presents a rational method of parameter calibration and thorough analyses of DEM simulations, which illustrate the capabilities of DEM. The computational mechanics method for granular materials can be applied widely in various engineering fields, such as rock and soil mechanics, ocean engineering and chemical process engineering.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fundamentals of Computational Granular Mechanics
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Engineering Applications of Computational Granular Mechanics
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Shunying Ji is a Professor at the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology. His work mainly focuses on computational granular mechanics and its engineering applications. He is a member of the polar technology committee of the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress, academic committee of the Ice Science Conference at IAHR, and subcommittee on granular materials of EMI at ASCE. He presides over and participates in several projects funded by NSFC and National Key R&D Program of China. He has published more than 150 journal papers in the above fields. In recent years, he has worked on the discrete element method (DEM) and its applications in cold-region offshore engineering, and the development of GPU-based DEM software.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Computational Granular Mechanics and Its Engineering Applications
Authors: Shunying Ji, Lu Liu
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3304-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Science Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3303-7Published: 19 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3306-8Published: 19 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-3304-4Published: 18 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2195-9862
Series E-ISSN: 2195-9870
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 387
Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations, 254 illustrations in colour
Topics: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Classical and Continuum Physics, Offshore Engineering