Effect of particle properties on soil behaviour: 3-D numerical modelling of shearbox tests

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 96, 2000, Pages 58-70

  Ni, Qinglai ^a   Powrie, William ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a,b   Harkness, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE PFC3D;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033685359     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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