Discrete element method for modelling solid and particulate materials

By F. Tavarez, M. Plesha. 2007

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Micromechanical fracture modeling of asphalt concrete using a single-edge notched beam test (2009, background): “the radius of particle and the thickness in a twodimensional discrete element model [21].”
Comparative study of different discrete element models and evaluation of equivalent micromechanical parameters (2012, methodology): “In the second approach, uniform microscopic properties are assumed in the whole discrete element assembly (Rojek et al., 2001, 2008; Kruyt and Rothenburg, 2004; Tavarez and Plesha, 2007).”
A coupled SPH-DEM model for fluid-structure interaction problems with free-surface flow and structural failure (2016, unknown): “Upon the development of DEM in recent decades, its applications have been extended in various engineering research fields such as granular flow [39, 40] and fracture of materials and structures including rock [35], ceramics [10], concrete [41] and composites [36], etc.”
Finite Particle Method for Progressive Failure Simulation of Truss Structures (2011, background): “It could model and simulate the nonlinear and discrete behavior of particulate material such as sand and concrete (Tavarez and Plesha 2007).”
A discrete element thermo-mechanical modelling of diffuse damage induced by thermal expansion mismatch of two-phase materials (2017, background): “Brittle behavior Within the discrete element approach, cracks are generally simulated by breaking the cohesive bonds when an imposed criterion is reached (19, 20).”