Modeling slow deformation of polygonal particles using DEM--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Peña, A. A., Lind, P. G., & Herrmann, H. J. (2008). Modeling slow deformation of polygonal particles using DEM. Particuology, 6(6), 506–514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2008.07.009

Modeling slow deformation of polygonal particles using DEM

Andrés A. Peña ^a, Pedro G. Lind ^a *, Hans J. Herrmann ^{b c}

a Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
b Computational Physics, IfB, HIF E12, ETH Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
c Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 60451-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

10.1016/j.partic.2008.07.009

Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2008, Pages 506-514

Received 6 December 2007, Accepted 15 July 2008, Available online 13 November 2008.

E-mail: lind@icp.uni-stuttgart.de

Highlights

Abstract

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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Keywords

Granular media; Discrete element method; Slow deformation; Contact forces

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