Micromechanics of granular material response during load reversals: Combined DEM and experimental study

Powder Technology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-302

  O'Sullivan, Catherine ^a   Cui, Liang ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DEM; Granular materials; Load unload cyles; Triaxial test

Indexed keywords

CONTACT FORCES; DEM; DEM SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOMETRICAL REPRESENTATIONS; LOAD-UNLOAD CYLES; MACRO-SCALE; MICRO-SCALE; MICROMECHANICS OF GRANULAR MATERIALS; NON-UNIFORM; PERIODIC BOUNDARIES; QUASI STATICS; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; SIMULATION AND TESTING; STEEL SPHERES; TEST SPECIMENS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LOAD TESTING; MODELS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; SPHERES; STATISTICS; STEEL; STEEL RESEARCH; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRACKING RADAR;

LOADS (FORCES);

STEEL;

ARTICLE; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD;

EID: 67349169187     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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