Research Article

Discontinuous Deformation Analysis Enriched by the Bonding Block Model

Table 2

Comparing the DOFs involved in the DDA, the FEM, and the BBM for Section 4.2.

Models DDA FEM BBM

Entity Blocks Element BBM element
DOFs/entity 6 12 6
Total entities 1 2202 2202
Total DOFs 6 26424 13202