A spherical discrete element model: Calibration procedure and incremental response

Granular Matter

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 293-306

  Plassiard, Jean Patrick ^a   Belheine, Noura ^a   Donzé, Frédéric Victor ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration procedure; Discrete element method; Incremental behavior; Non associative flow rule; Stress probes

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; FLOW RULES; GEOMATERIALS; INCREMENTAL BEHAVIOR; INCREMENTAL RESPONSE; INITIAL STRESS STATE; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; LOCAL PARAMETERS; MACROSCOPIC BEHAVIORS; NON-ASSOCIATIVE FLOW RULE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SINGLE MECHANISMS; SPHERICAL ELEMENTS; STRAIN RESPONSE; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; PROBES;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 69549086116     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-009-0130-x     Document Type: Article

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