Numerical and experimental direct shear tests for coarse-grained soils

Particuology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Bagherzadeh Khalkhali, Ahad ^a   Mirghasemi, Ali Asghar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coarse grained soil; Direct shear test; Discrete element method; Micromechanics; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROMECHANICS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TESTING;

COARSE-GRAINED SOIL; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ELLIPTICAL PARTICLES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; MICRO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL TESTS; PARALLEL METHODS; SOIL SPECIMENS; STRESS LEVELS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 59149095768     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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