An analysis of the triaxial apparatus using a mixed boundary three-dimensional discrete element model

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 831-844

  Cui, L ^a   O'Sullivan, C ^a,b   O'Neill, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Model tests

Indexed keywords

LABORATORY TESTS; MICRO-SCALE INTERACTIONS; MODEL TESTS; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LABORATORY METHOD; STRAIN; STRESS; TESTING METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 36849002763     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.10.831     Document Type: Article

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