Discrete element simulation of crushable soil

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 633-641

  Cheng, Y P ^a   Nakata, Y ^b   Bolton, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Numerical modelling; Particle crushing crushability; Sands; Shear strength; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PLASTICITY; PROBABILITY; SILICA SAND;

ELEMENTARY SPHERES;

SOILS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0242657361     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.7.633     Document Type: Article

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