CEGR 739 - Discrete Element Method in Geomechanics

Three hours.
3 Credits

Advanced concepts, principles, programming, and applications of the Discrete Element Method (DEM) in Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Parameter and determination. Contacting laws and constitutive models. Modeling of rigid block and granular materials. Modeling of deformable block and granular materials. Establishment of conceptual, physical, numerical, and mathematical models. Discretization in space and time. Programming for computation and user friendly interfaces in Visual Basic. Applications of the DEM in solving engineering problems.

Prerequisite(s) Engineering Mechanics, Soil Mechanics, and programming in FORTRAN or C.