Analysis of Cohesive Particle Percolation in a Packed Bed Using Discrete Element Method

Rock Slope Stability Analysis Using Discrete Element Method

Rock slope stability depends very much on the strength features of the rock and the geometrical and strength characteristics of the discontinuities (e.g., roughness, wall strength and persistence). Since a rock mass is not a continuum, its behavior is dominated by such discontinuities as faults, joints and bedding planes. Also, Rock slope instability is a major hazard for human activities and o...

Solution of Noncatalytic Packed Bed Reactors Equations by Finite Element Method

Application of the discrete element method to model cohesive materials

One way to include fracture and fragmentation when analyzing loaded mechanical systems is based on the DEM, [2], [3]. In recent years this approach was adopted in geomechanics and civil engineering to model fracture in elastic-brittle materials, e.g. [1] and [5]. Using this approach, the material is considered as being fully discontinuous and made up by assembling and bonding adjacent discrete ...

Numerical Analysis of Delamination Buckling in Composite Cylindrical Shell under Uniform External Pressure: Cohesive Element Method

Nowadays, due to high ratio of strength to weight, composite cylindrical shells are extensively used in a great variety of different industrial applications and under different cases of loads. In this study, the buckling of composite cylindrical shells was examined under uniform external pressure. The buckling analysis of composite cylindrical shells was first done by using theoretical relation...

Micromechanical Considerations of Particle Breakage Using Discrete Element Method

Using DEM (Discrete Element Method), a model is presented to simulate the breakage of two-dimensional polygonshaped particles. In this model, shapes of the particles generated after breakage are predefined and each uniform (uncracked) particle is replaced with smaller inter-connected sub-particles. If the bond between these sub-particles breaks, breakage will happen. With the help of this model...