A simple and efficient approach to capturing bonding effect in naturally microstructured sands by discrete element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1158-1193

  Jiang, Mingjing ^a   Yu, Hai Sui ^b   Leroueil, Serge ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bonding effect; Bulk modulus; Discrete element method; Naturally microstructured sands; Simple bond contact model; Yielding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SOIL MECHANICS;

BONDING STRENGTH; GEOMECHANICS; NATURALLY MICROSTRUCTURED SANDS; SIMPLE BOND CONTACT MODEL;

SAND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 33846662688     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1804     Document Type: Article

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