Crushing and plastic deformation of soils simulated using DEM

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-141

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Deformation; Friction; Numerical modelling; Particle crushing crushability; Stress path

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRICTION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRESSES;

PLASTIC BEHAVIOR; STRESS-PATH TEST;

SOILS;

CRUSHING; DEFORMATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 1642569556     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.2.131     Document Type: Article

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