A particulate-scale investigation of cemented sand behavior

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-44

  Wang, Y H ^a   Leung, S C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bonded cluster; Discrete element method; Force chain distribution; Shear banding; Volumetric dilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PORTLAND CEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS;

BONDED CLUSTER; FORCE-CHAIN DISTRIBUTION; SHEAR BANDING; VOLUMETRIC DILATION;

SAND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PORTLAND CEMENT; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS;

CEMENT; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; GYPSUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; SHEAR BAND;

EID: 41849133930     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-070     Document Type: Article

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