Modelling ballast behaviour under dynamic loading. I: A 2D polygonal discrete element method approach

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2005.07.006zbMath1130.74057MaRDI QIDQ2384227

Claude Bohatier, Jean Jacques Moreau, Frédéric Dubois, G. Saussine, C. Cholet, P. E. Gautier

Publication date: 20 September 2007

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2005.07.006

zbMATH Keywords

cyclic loading; granular layer; ballasted track

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74M15: Contact in solid mechanics

74E20: Granularity

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Uses Software

• LMGC90

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• A mixed formulation for frictional contact problems prone to Newton like solution methods
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