%0 Conference Proceedings %T New trends in improvement and application of discrete element methods %+ Réseaux, Moyens Informatiques, Calcul Scientifique (Remics) %A Dubois, Frédéric %F Invité %< avec comité de lecture %B Fifty Years of Finite Freedom Mechanics %C France %8 2010-10 %D 2010 %Z Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Materials and structures in mechanics [physics.class-ph] %Z Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Materials and structures in mechanics [physics.class-ph] %Z Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Solid mechanics [physics.class-ph] %Z Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Solid mechanics [physics.class-ph] %Z Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Structural mechanics [physics.class-ph] %Z Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Structural mechanics [physics.class-ph]Conference papers %X Discrete element methods (DEM) constitute an important tool for the study of granular matter and divided materials or structures. Basically DEM model a material or a structure at the grain scale and are able to describe various complex behaviors (flow, localization of deformations, fracture, dissipation, etc) which can't be properly represented by continuum approach even with advanced constitutive model based on a huge number of parameters. %G English %L hal-00806858 %U https://hal.science/hal-00806858 %~ CNRS %~ LMGC %~ MIPS %~ UNIV-MONTPELLIER %~ UM-2015-2021