Micro-macro quantification of the internal structure of granular materials

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 641-656

  Li, Xia ^a   Li, Xiang Song ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Deformation; Granular materials; Microstructures; Stress strain relations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIORS; BASIC ELEMENTS; CELL SYSTEM; CONTACT NORMALS; DELAUNAY TESSELLATIONS; FABRIC TENSORS; GEOMETRICAL INFORMATIONS; GRANULAR PARTICLES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MICRO CELL; MICRO-MACRO; MULTISCALE; NEW MATERIAL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; STATISTICAL MEASURES; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONS; SUPPORTING STRUCTURE; VORONOI;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; FABRICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSORS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DILATANCY; GEOMETRY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 67649114403     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2009)135:7(641)     Document Type: Article

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