Micro- and macro-mechanical behaviour of DEM crushable materials

Geotechnique

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 471-480

  Bolton, M D ^a   Nakata, Y ^b   Cheng, Y P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Fabric structure of soils; Friction; Numerical modelling; Particle crushing crushability; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; SOILS; SURVEYING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRACKING RADAR;

AVERAGE COORDINATION NUMBERS; BOND BREAKAGES; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; COORDINATION NUMBERS; CRUSHABLE GRAINS; DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; DEM SIMULATIONS; DIFFERENT MODES; ELASTIC ENERGIES; ELASTIC GRAINS; FABRIC/STRUCTURE OF SOILS; FAST FRACTURES; FRICTIONAL SLIDING; GRAIN DAMAGES; INTERNAL ENERGIES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PARTICLE CRUSHING/CRUSHABILITY; PER UNIT VOLUMES; SHEAR CRACKINGS; SINGLE GRAINS; SLIDING CONTACTS; TENSILE CRACKINGS; TRIAXIAL TESTS; VIRGIN COMPRESSIONS;

FRICTION;

COMPRESSION; CRUSHING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENERGY BALANCE; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLIDING; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 57849150117     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2008.58.6.471     Document Type: Article

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