Editing Discrete element method (section)

==Applications==
The fundamental assumption of the method is that the material consists of separate, discrete particles. These particles may have different shapes and properties that influence inter-particle contact. Some examples are:
* liquids and solutions, for instance of sugar or proteins;
* bulk materials in storage silos, like cereal;
* granular matter, like sand;
* powders, like toner.
* Blocky or jointed rock masses

Typical industries using DEM are:
* Agriculture and food handling
* Chemical
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* Oil and gas
* Mining
* Mineral processing
* Pharmaceutical industry<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Behjani|first1=Mohammadreza Alizadeh|last2=Motlagh|first2=Yousef Ghaffari|last3=Bayly|first3=Andrew|last4=Hassanpour|first4=Ali|date=2019-11-07|title=Assessment of blending performance of pharmaceutical powder mixtures in a continuous mixer using Discrete Element Method (DEM)|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032591019309313|journal=Powder Technology|volume=366|pages=73–81|doi=10.1016/j.powtec.2019.10.102|s2cid=209718900 |issn=0032-5910|archive-url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/157493/|archive-date=21 Feb 2020}}</ref>
* [[Powder metallurgy]]