Research Article

Discontinuous Deformation Analysis Based on Wachspress Interpolation Function for Detailed Stress Distribution

Figure 15

Stress distribution after 55 time steps under gravitational force.
(a) Stress σ1 from the original DDA
(b) Stress σ2 from the original DDA
(c) Stress σ1 from the new formulation
(d) Stress σ2 from the new formulation