B Cambou

Micromechanics of Granular Materials

Herausgeber: Cambou, Bernard; Radjaï, Farhang; Jean, Michel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nearly all solids are compised of grains. However most studies treat materials as a continious solid. The book applies analysis used on loose granular materials to dense grainular materials.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 162mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781848210752
• ISBN-10: 1848210752
• Artikelnr.: 26022375

Autorenporträt

Bernard Cambou, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. Michel Jean, Laboratoire de Mecanique et d'Acoustique, Marseille, France Farhang Radjaï, University of Montpellier 2, France.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction xiii
Chapter 1. Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Local Variables in
Granular Materials 1
Farhang RADJAÏ and Jack LANIER
1.1. Introduction 1
1.2. Description of granular texture 3
1.3. Granular kinematics 20
1.4. Force transmission 31
1.5. Conclusion 44
1.6. Bibliography 45
Chapter 2. The Stress Tensor in Granular Media and in other Mechanical
Collections 51
Jean-Jacques MOREAU
2.1. Introduction 51
2.2. Efforts and virtual power 59
2.3. Equilibrium 65
2.4. Comparison with the pair-by-pair approach 76
2.5. Directions of cut 83
2.6. Coarse graining the equation of Statics 90
2.7. One step into Dynamics 91
2.8. Bibliography 97
Chapter 3. Multiscale Techniques for Granular Materials 101
Bernard CAMBOU, Alexandre DANESCU
3.1. Introduction 101
3.2. Scale change andfabric tensors 102
3.3. Change of scale for static variables . 112
3.4. Change of scale for kinematic variables in granular materials 115
3.5. Statistical homogenization in granular materials 131
3.6. Bibliography 145
Chapter 4. Numerical Simulation of Granular Materials 149
Michel JEAN
4.1. Introduction 149
4.2. The actors of a contact problem 152
4.3. Kinematic relations 167
4.4. The dynamical equation 174
4.5. Frictional contact laws 179
4.6. The equations governing a collection of contacting bodies 196
4.7. Preparing numerical samples 198
4.8. Smooth DEM numerical methods 206
4.9. Non-smooth DEM numerical methods 216
4.10. Some illustrating examples 227
4.11. Quasi-static evolutions, equilibrium dedicated methods 234
4.12. Accuracy criteria 241
4.13. Indetermination in granular materials 246
4.14. Stability 265
4.15. Numerical integration schemes 275
4.16. More non-smooth DEM methods 284
4.17. Signorini ¿-Coulomb derived laws 292
4.18. Conclusion 301
4.19. Appendix: basic convex analysis 303
4.20. Bibliography 307
Chapter 5. Frictionless Unilateral Multibody Dynamics 317
Patrick BALLARD
5.1. Introduction 317
5.2. The dynamics of rigid body systems 318
5.3. The dynamics of rigid body systems with perfect bilateral constraints
322
5.4. The dynamics of rigid body systems with perfect unilateral constraints
326
5.5. Bibliography 340
List of Authors 343
Index 345