An interpretation of the internal length in Chang's couple-stress continuum for bonded granulates

Granular Matter

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-437

  Jiang, M J ^a   Zhu, H H ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bonded granulates; Contact model; Couple stress continuum; Internal length

Indexed keywords

BONDED GRANULATES; BONDED MATERIALS; COUPLE-STRESS CONTINUUM; GEOMECHANICS; INTERNAL LENGTH;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 35948929104     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-007-0063-1     Document Type: Article

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