The equations for continua modelling particles of different types are presentd in an entirely closed form, by analogy with those of the kinetic theory of multicomponent gases.
In this work, we have developed a novel multiscale computational contact formulation based on the generalized Derjuguin approximation for continua that are characterized by atomistically enriched constitutive relations in order to study macroscopic interaction between arbitrarily shaped deformable continua.
We use a quasi-static version of the Abeyaratne-Knowles theory of phase transitions for continua with a stick-slip type kinetic law and a nucleation criterion based on the critical stress for buckling of CNT forests to describe the formation and motion of these interfaces in uniaxial compression experiments.
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The fracture and fragmentation of the discrete elements result in the transition from continuum to discontinuum, which is the key component of the hybrid finite-discrete element method and makes the hybrid method different from the FEM originally developed for continua, such as ABAQUS, ANSYS, PHASE and PLAXIS, and the DEM originally developed for discontinua, such as PFC, UDEC and 3DEC.
To achieve this we replace graph cycles by topological circles, and replace the cycle space of a graph by a new homology group for continua which is a quotient of the first singular homology group H 1. This homology seems to be particularly apt for studying spaces with infinitely generated H 1, e.g. infinite graphs or fractals.
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