Discrete modelling of capillary mechanisms in multi-phase granular media

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-318

  Scholtes, L ^a   Chareyre, B ^b   Nicot, F ^c   Darve, F ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Discrete element method; Micromechanics; Multi phase materials

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROMECHANICS;

DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC HYSTERESIS; LIQUID AND GAS PHASIS; MOHR COULOMB CRITERION; MULTIPHASE MATERIALS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77249107880     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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