Multiple-contact discrete-element model for simulating dense granular media

Deformable spheres in a packing under compression can develop additional physics when new contacts are created due to their deformability and volume conservation. Here we introduce a DEM code that can calculate these consequences.

N. Brodu, J.A. Dijksman, R.P. Behringer — Physical Review. E, Statistical nonlinear, and soft matter physics 91 (2015)

10.1103/PhysRevE.91.032201