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Discrete Element Method - BMEEOTMMN64

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Schedule for the 2025 spring semester
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DEM Slides
DEM Slides: Lecture 1. Introduction to DEM
DEM Slides. Lecture 2. The equations of motion. Numerical methods
DEM Slides: Lecture 3. BALL-type models
DEM Slides: Lecture 4. 3DEC
DEM Slides: Lecture 5. Suggested homework topics
Sample slides for your 1st presentation
DEM Slides: Lecture 6. DDA
DEM Slides: Lecture 7. Contact Dynamics
DEM Slides: Lecture 8. Munjiza's FEM/DEM
DEM Slides 09: State variables of discrete systems 2/1: Geometry and stresses
DEM Slides 10: State variables of discrete systems 2/2: Strains

DEM Lecture Notes
DEM Notes: Content
DEM Notes 01: Introduction to DEM
DEM Notes 02: The Equations of Motion
DEM Notes 03: Overview of Numerical Methods
DEM Notes 04: BALL-type Models
DEM Notes 05: UDEC and 3DEC
DEM Notes 06: Quasi-Static Methods
DEM Notes 07: The DDA Model
DEM Notes 08: The Contact Dynamics Method
DEM Notes 09: Interpretation of the Results I.: Geometry of Discrete Systems
DEM Notes 10: Interpretation of the Results II.: Stresses and Strains
DEM Notes References

Sample homeworks
DEM hw2014 Zs Pap
DEM hw 2015 JobbagyD
DEM hw 2017 SzedenikB
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