A LARGE-SCALE COSSERAT POINT CONTACT/IMPACT FORMULATION USING OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
G.-J. Lo and P. Papadopoulos J. Serbian Soc. Comp. Mech., 1, pp. 20-41, (2007)

Abstract
This article discusses a discrete element method that employs the theory of non-linearly elastic Cosserat points. The method is applied to frictionless multi-body contact between ellipsoids. Time integration and the detection and treatment of contacts are discussed in connection with the computer implementation of the method.


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