@inproceedings{94e38db3fc06427a9ad80040e89df4ab,
title = "An accurate and robust contact resolution algorithm for finite-discrete element modelling",
abstract = "An accurate and robust contact resolution algorithm is proposed for resolving contact problems between spherical particles (discrete elements) and finite element facets. The contact resolution is divided into three types: particle-to-facet (PTF), particle-to-edge (PTE) and particle-to-vertex (PTV). PTF has the top priority and is checked first, PTE is superior to PTV and accordingly checked ahead of the latter. The invalid contacts can be removed by means of priority definition. The algorithm is consistent and failed information can be passed down from PTF to PTE and to PTV, which makes the implementation straightforward.",
keywords = "Contact resolution algorithm, Discrete element, Finite element, Hertz contact, Hierarchical searching",
author = "Hu Chen and Zhang, \{Y. X.\} and Mengyan Zang and Hazell, \{Paul J.\}",
year = "2014",
month = jul,
day = "1",
language = "English",
series = "11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014",
publisher = "International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering",
pages = "1034--1042",
editor = "Eugenio Onate and Xavier Oliver and Antonio Huerta",
booktitle = "11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014",
note = "Joint 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014 ; Conference date: 20-07-2014 Through 25-07-2014",
}