Granular micromechanics: a paradigm for micromorphic continuum mechanics
Granular micromechanics: a paradigm for micromorphic continuum mechanics
Instructors/Speakers Prof. Anil Misra Professor Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A. Abstract Granular materials take a variety of forms, spanning the spectrum from highly consolidated dense solids formed of particulate precursors to confined packing of non-cohesive particles. In all their forms, these materials are characterized by complex structures and compositions. More importantly, they share the common trait that their behavior at the macro-scale, that contains large numbers of grains (>106), is profoundly affected by the grain-scale interactions. For many important problems in engineering and science, continuum description of their mechanical behavior is desired. Discrete atomic or coarse-grained models often pose insurmountable challenges. Granular micromechanics method is a practical approach for continuum modeling ...