Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Computer readable medium having a program using particle method
- Patent Title (中): 具有使用粒子法的程序的计算机可读介质
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Application No.: US12218637Application Date: 2008-07-18
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Publication No.: US07672821B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Akio Hori , Hiromi Kojo
- Applicant: Akio Hori , Hiromi Kojo
- Priority: JP2007-211559 20070718
- Main IPC: G06G7/48
- IPC: G06G7/48

Abstract:
Finite element methods are unsuitable for a dispersed system. Particle methods suitable for a dispersed system are limited in their particle shapes of only spheres that require many particles to model a complicated shape especially in 3D. Proposed procedures for a particle method are roughly as follows. 1): Judging the existence of the contact between particles as that between mathematically-smooth closed surfaces representing particle shape and size. 2): Assuming an imaginary contact point and an imaginary contact plane the same as when both closed surfaces are reduced with the same scale to touch at one point. 3): Calculating imaginary contact area and imaginary contact stiffness using the above point and plane. Based on these procedures, particle shapes are not limited but smooth. Therefore, a more complicated shaped problem in a dispersed system can be analyzed with a smaller number of particles. Additionally, combined use with finite elements enlarges usability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090024376A1 Computer program using particle method Public/Granted day:2009-01-22
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