Influence of particle shape on granular contact signatures and shear strength: New insights from simulations

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5863-5870

  Antony, S Joseph ^a   Kuhn, Matthew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; Granular media; Heterogeneous materials; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOTOELASTICITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONTACT; CONTACT FORCES; HETEROGENOUS MATERIALS; OPTICAL FRINGES;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 5444234790     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2004.05.067     Document Type: Article

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