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[Question #176343]: Modeling distributed load on a discrete domain in YADE

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:05:59 -0000
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New question #176343 on Yade:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/176343

  
Hi,

I want to model a single footing lying on a discrete element domain. The surface dimension of the soil domain is larger than than dimension of the footing.




                   Distributed load     
                       |   |   |    |   |   |    |    
                       |   |   |    |   |   |    |          
                       v~v~v~v~v~v~v
      ---------------------------------------------- (ground level)
     |                                                             |  
     |                                                             |
     |     y                                                      |
     |    |                                                        |
     |    |                                                        |
     |    |                                                        |
     |    |_______ x                                       |
     |                                                             |
     |                                                             |
    =========================== (rigid boundary)                                                                     
      |<----------------- nxe ----------------->|



I don't know if we can simulate the loading condition like this in YADE. I thought about simulating the footing by a wall with finite dimension or by a plate made of spheres bouding together, but I am not sure these can work.


I hope  you can help me with this. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Viet



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