Mathematical modelling and computer simulations are an essential part of the analytical toolset used by earth scientists. In this textbook, designed for use by mathematicians and non-mathematicians encountering the application of mathematics to the earth sciences for the first t…
In this fully up-to-date volume, important new developments and applications of discrete element modelling are highlighted and brought together for presentation at the First International UDEC/3DEC Symposium.Papers covered the following key areas:* behaviour of masonry structure…