Exploring the macro- and micro-scale response of an idealised granular material in the direct shear apparatus

Geotechnique

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 455-468

  Cui, L ^a   O'Sullivan, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Numerical modelling and analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR STRESS; STEEL; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DIRECT SHEAR APPARATUS; LABORATORY TESTS; MICRO SCALE RESPONSES; STANDARD ELEMENT TESTS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR TEST; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33748557447     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2006.56.7.455     Document Type: Article

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