A numerical examination of the direct shear test

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-354

  Zhang, L ^a   Thornton, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRICTION; POROSITY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BOUNDARY FORCES; BOUNDARY MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS TENSORS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

DILATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR TEST; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WALL;

EID: 34247849154     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.4.343     Document Type: Article

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