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Beam Contact Model

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P-Beam

A pebbled beam (P-beam) is defined as a string of spherical balls for which the beam contact model exists at all ball-ball contacts. A P-beam provides the structural behavior of a prismatic and bisymmetrical beam composed of isotropic, linear elastic material. A P-beam is defined by the string of balls, and the ball densities (used along with ball radii to obtain ball mass). The structural properties of a P-beam are defined by the properties of each beam contact model in the string.

PFC3D model of cantilever-beam test problem showing the balls, beam interfaces, and global axes.
PFC3D model of a cantilever-beam test problem at the start (top) and end (bottom) of loading.

Keywords

  • Beam

References

Potyondy, D. (2019) “Beam Contact Model [version 1],” Itasca Consulting Group, Inc., Technical Memorandum 2-3558-01:17TM07 (April 17, 2019), Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Beam Contact Model

UDM Version: 1
Release Date: 17.04.2019

Category: Backfill

Software:
  • PFC (PFC3D 5/6)
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