Abstract
A method for modeling the interaction of granular material with equipment includes the steps of numerically representing the material with an array having a plurality of cells, determining which of the cells may be unstable using a self-organizing computational model, and modeling the motion of the unstable cells using the model. Preferably, output is provided in virtual reality format in real time.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| U.S. patent number | 7246047 |
| Filing date | 4/9/03 |
| State | Published - Jul 17 2007 |