Bio-particulate matter includes grains, cereal crops, and biomass that are considered
discrete materials with irregular size and shape. Although the flow of these particles can …

The coupling of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete element method (DEM)
has become an important method for studying dense fluidized beds. Since DEM can track …

Grain kernels are finite and discrete materials. Although flowing grain can behave like a
continuum fluid at times, the discontinuous behavior exhibited by grain kernels cannot be …

Numerical simulation has been widely employed in investigating stone-based composite
behaviors. Model reconstruction is a prerequisite step to conduct numerical simulations. The …

1. The principal subject of this book is to discuss how to use theory and algorithms of
optimization for treating problems in applied mechanics in a comprehensive way. Particular …

This work presents a new original formulation of the discrete element method (DEM) with
deformable cylindrical particles. Uniform stress and strain fields are assumed to be induced …

Heat transfer in particulate beds has an important impact for many industrial processes as
well as for the storage of particulate material. This study is aimed at modeling the granular …

The mechanical and physical behaviors of complex systems are generally predicted by
using the Finite Element Method (FEM). However, the treatment by FEM of non-linear …

The quality of the ultrasonic shot peening treatment, which consists of projecting spherical
beads onto a workpiece using a sonotrode vibrating at 20kHz, is strongly dependent on the …

The aim of this study is to present an original approach for the simulation of sintering with
Discrete Element Method, using a Non Smooth Method called Contact Dynamics. Recently …