Modeling slow deformation of polygonal particles using DEM

Details Modeling slow deformation of polygonal particles using DEM Modeling slow deformation of polygonal particles using DEM

2007-12-06

arxiv.org/abs/0712.0919v1

Particuology 6, 506-514 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

15 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

We introduce two improvements in the numerical scheme to simulate collision and slow shearing of irregular particles. First, we propose an alternative approach based on simple relations to compute the frictional contact forces. The approach improves efficiency and accuracy of the Discrete Element Method (DEM) when modeling the dynamics of the granular packing. We determine the proper upper limit for the integration step in the standard numerical scheme using a wide range of material parameters. To this end, we study the kinetic energy decay in a stress controlled test between two particles. Second, we show that the usual way of defining the contact plane between two polygonal particles is, in general, not unique which leads to discontinuities in the direction of the contact plane while particles move. To solve this drawback, we introduce an accurate definition for the contact plane based on the shape of the overlap area between touching particles, which evolves continuously in time.

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