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Simple Common Plane Contact Detection Algorithm For Fe/Fd Methods
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory L-206, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences 2007, 2(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3970/icces.2007.002.001
Abstract
Common-plane (CP) algorithm is widely used in Discrete Element Method (DEM) to model contact forces between interacting particles or blocks. A new simple contact detection algorithm is proposed to model contacts in FE/FD methods which is similar to the CP algorithm. The CP is defined as a plane separating interacting faces of FE/FD mesh instead of blocks or particles in the original CP method. The method does not require iterations. It is very robust and easy to implement both in 2D and 3D case.Cite This Article
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