| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 340, 2025
Powders & Grains 2025 – 10th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 01001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Invited Speakers | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202534001001 | |
| Published online | 01 December 2025 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202534001001
Heterarchical granular dynamics: State of the art
School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
* e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Published online: 1 December 2025
Abstract
Heterarchical Granular Dynamics (HGD) represents a new approach to modelling the complex behaviour of granular materials across multiple scales. By modelling granular materials stochastically, HGD has enabled the simulation of granular phenomena ranging from simple systems to highly dynamic processes such as comminution in rotary mills. This summary reviews the foundational assumptions and key mechanisms underpinning HGD. Unlike the discrete element method, HGD efficiently scales to industrially relevant numbers of particles, and unlike traditional continuum methods, it retains microstructural information. HGD continues to evolve as a versatile framework for understanding granular dynamics in both natural and industrial contexts.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2025
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.