The Minkowski overlap and the energy‐conserving contact model for discrete element modeling of convex nonspherical particles

A unified contact overlap, termed the Minkowski overlap, between any two shapes is proposed in this article. This overlap is based on the concept of the Minkowski difference of two shapes, and particularly on the equivalence between the contact state of the two shapes and the location of the origin...

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Published in:	International journal for numerical methods in engineering Vol. 122; no. 22; pp. 6476 - 6496
Main Authors:	Feng, Y. T., Tan, Yuanqiang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 30.11.2021 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Algorithms convex nonspherical particles convex polyhedral particle Discrete element method energy conservation GJK and EPA algorithms Minkowski overlap Robustness (mathematics)
ISSN:	0029-5981, 1097-0207
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