Complex behavior models (plasticity, cracks, visco elascticity) face some theoretical difficulties for the determination of the behavior law at the continuous scale. When homogenization fails to give the right behavior law, a solution is to simulate the material at a meso scale in order to simulate directly a set of discrete properties that are responsible of the macroscopic behavior. The discrete element model has been developed for granular material. The proposed set shows how this method is capable to solve the problem of complex behavior that are linked to discrete meso scale effects.

About the Author

Mohamed Jebahi, Universite de Laval, Canada.

Damien Andre, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, I2M, France.

Inigo Terreros, Arts?et Metiers ParisTech, France.

Ivan Iordanoff, Professor at Arts et Metiers ParisTech, Research at I2M laboratory, France.

Book Information
ISBN 9781848217706
Author Mohamed Jebahi
Format Hardback
Page Count 196
Imprint ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 458g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 165mm * 18mm