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Model description paper
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15 Jul 2021
Model description paper |
| 15 Jul 2021
| 15 Jul 2021
SCARLET-1.0: SpheriCal Approximation for viRtuaL aggrEgaTes
Eduardo Rossi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205,
Switzerland
Costanza Bonadonna
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205,
Switzerland
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Short summary
SCARLET-1.0 is a MATLAB package that creates virtual aggregates starting from a population of irregular shapes. Shapes are described in terms of the Standard Triangulation Language (STL) format, and this allows importing a great variety of shapes, such as from 3D scanning. The package produces a new STL file as an output and different analytical information about the packing, such as the porosity. It has been specifically designed for use in volcanology and scientific education.
SCARLET-1.0 is a MATLAB package that creates virtual aggregates starting from a population of...
