Question #689486 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/689486
Status: Open => Answered Luc Scholtès proposed the following answer: The forces applied on the particles are proportional to their size but the interparticle stength is also proportional to their size. For instance, the maximum admissible force in the tangential direction is equal to FsMax = cohesion * crossSection, with crossSection=pi*min(R1,R2)^2 If the slope you are simulating always has the same overall volume, the stresses induced by gravitational loading are always the same, whatever the size of the particles making up the assemblies you are using (under the condition that all these assemblies have similar porosities and particles interconnectivity). If you always use the same interparticle properties, the overall strength of the material will always be the same, whatever the size of the particles making up the assemblies you are using (under the condition that all these assemblies have similar porosities and particles interconnectivity). The result of that is (under the condition that all assemblies have similar porosities and particles interconnectivity): if your slope bounces elastically under gravitational loading for a given discretization (e.g. 10000 particles), it should bounce elastically for every discretizations (20000, 50000, 100000). If not, there is something wrong somewhere in your simulation and only a MWE will help us find out what it is. Luc -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an answer contact for Yade. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users Post to : yade-users@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp