Pulse mitigation in ordered granular structures: from granular chains to granular networks
Ordered granular structures have garnered considerable attention across various fields due
to their capacity to manipulate the transmission of mechanical energy and mitigate the …
to their capacity to manipulate the transmission of mechanical energy and mitigate the …
Discrete element methods
Discrete element methods (DEMs) comprise different techniques suitable for a simulation of
dynamic behaviour of systems of multiple rigid, simply deformable (pseudo‐rigid), or fully …
dynamic behaviour of systems of multiple rigid, simply deformable (pseudo‐rigid), or fully …
Simulation of sintering using a Non Smooth Discrete Element Method. Application to the study of rearrangement
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 …
Discrete Element Method, using a Non Smooth Method called Contact Dynamics. Recently …
[HTML][HTML] A DEM–FEM coupling based approach simulating thermomechanical behaviour of frictional bodies with interface layer
The behavior of granular flow during a sliding contact is difficult to predict. As observed in
the literature, the most commonly used tools for simulating sheared granular flows are the …
the literature, the most commonly used tools for simulating sheared granular flows are the …
Contact analysis for solids based on linearly conforming radial point interpolation method
To simulate the contact nonlinearity in 2D solid problems, a contact analysis approach is
formulated using incremental form of the subdomain parametric variational principle (SPVP) …
formulated using incremental form of the subdomain parametric variational principle (SPVP) …
Existence and construction of bipotentials for graphs of multivalued laws
This is a first paper in convex analysis dedicated to the bipotential theory, based on an
extension of Fenchel's inequality. Introduced by the second author, bipotentials lead to a …
extension of Fenchel's inequality. Introduced by the second author, bipotentials lead to a …
A semi-smooth Newton and Primal–Dual Active Set method for Non-Smooth Contact Dynamics
Multi-rigid-body dynamic contact systems, in other words Non Smooth Contact Dynamics
(NSCD) problems, generate some inherent difficulties to multivocal laws, which results in …
(NSCD) problems, generate some inherent difficulties to multivocal laws, which results in …
Study of the sintering kinetics of bimodal powders. A parametric DEM study
This paper presents a DEM study of the sintering of bimodal powders. The influence of every
type of contact between small–small, large–large and small–large particles on the …
type of contact between small–small, large–large and small–large particles on the …
Bipotentials for non-monotone multivalued operators: fundamental results and applications
This is a survey of recent results about bipotentials representing multivalued operators. The
notion of bipotential is based on an extension of Fenchel's inequality, with several …
notion of bipotential is based on an extension of Fenchel's inequality, with several …
Non maximal cyclically monotone graphs and construction of a bipotential for the Coulomb's dry friction law
We show a surprising connexion between a property of the inf convolution of a family of
convex lower semicontinuous functions and the fact that the intersection of maximal …
convex lower semicontinuous functions and the fact that the intersection of maximal …