Discrete element modeling of contact creep and aging in sand

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1407-1411

  Wang, Yu Hsing ^a   Xu, Dapeng ^a   Tsui, King Yuen ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Contact pressure; Creep; Dilatancy; Sand; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

AGING; CLEAN SAND; CONTACT FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT PRESSURE; DILATANCY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELLING; EARLY STRENGTH; FORCE CHAINS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SAND; SIMULATION RESULTS; SMALL-STRAIN STIFFNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STIFFNESS;

CREEP;

AGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; DILATANCY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 50149084913     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:9(1407)     Document Type: Article

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