The vertex-to-vertex contact analysis in the two-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis

• Main Authors: Bao, Huirong, Zhao, Zhiye
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98068; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12310
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the two-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA), contacts can be generalized into three types: vertex to edge, edge to edge, and vertex to vertex. In the vertex–edge contact, the contact reference edge is clearly and uniquely defined, while the contact reference edge for the vertex–v...