A Conference and Educational Workshop on Discrete Element Technology

这项拨款将提供部分经费给离散元方法主题的会议和工作坊。该方法允许解决涉及多个相互作用的可变形体的动力学问题，并允许元素的断裂。应用程序处理节理岩体的变形、海上结构的冰荷载、地下爆炸、物体的抛射穿透和地下废物隔离等问题。这项技术相对较新。这次会议为工程、机器人、计算机技术和应用数学等相关领域的人士提供了一个机会，让他们在发展这一新兴技术方面进行互动。

This grant will provide partial funding for a conference and workshop on the topic of discrete element methods. This method allows for the solution of dynamics problems involving multiply interacting deformable bodies, and allows for fracture of the elements. Applications deal with such problems as deformations in jointed rock masses, ice loading of offshore structures, underground explosions, projectile penetration of objects, and underground waste isolation. The technology is relatively new. This meeting provides an opportunity for persons in such related fields as engineering, robotics, computer technology, and applied mathematics, to interact in developing this emerging technology.