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Mechanics of Discrete Granular Media

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This chapter links the Cosserat continuum with discrete granular media. Through a discrete modelling approach, it presents a homogenisation method based on intergranular energetics and fabric averaging.

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Notes

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    Point \( {\rm K}_{\alpha } \) could be the centroid of the grain.

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    Note that in this equation summation of repeated lower indices is meant!

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Vardoulakis, I. (2019). Mechanics of Discrete Granular Media. In: Cosserat Continuum Mechanics . Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, vol 87. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95156-0_9

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