Numerical investigation of progressive development of granular pile with spherical and non-spherical particles

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 707-714

  Zhou, Chong ^a   Ooi, Jin Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTACT FORCES; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; GRANULAR PILES; LENGTH-SCALE; NON-SPHERICAL PARTICLES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICLE ORIENTATIONS; PRESSURE PROFILES; SPHERICAL ASSEMBLIES; THREE MODELS;

SPHERES;

PILES;

EID: 65049088579     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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