Crushing a weak granular material: Experimental numerical analyses

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-249

  Lobo Guerrero, S ^a   Vallejo, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling and analysis

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; GRANULAR MEDIUM;

EID: 17044406696     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.3.245     Document Type: Article

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