Micromechanical study of elastic moduli of loose granular materials

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1286-1301

  Kruyt, N P ^a   Agnolin, I ^b   Luding, S ^a   Rothenburg, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutive behaviour, elastic material, granular material; Energy methods; Microstructures

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; AVERAGE NUMBERS; BULK MODULUS; CONTACT STIFFNESS; CONTINUUM ELASTIC; COORDINATION NUMBER; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATIONS; ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; ELASTIC MATERIALS; ENERGY METHODS; HYDROSTATIC COMPRESSION; INTERPARTICLE CONTACTS; LOW COORDINATION; MACRO SCALE; MEAN FIELD; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICRO-SCALES; MOMENT EQUILIBRIA; NORMAL STIFFNESS; PARTICLE DISPLACEMENT; STIFFNESS RATIOS; TANGENTIAL DIRECTIONS; TANGENTIAL STIFFNESS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; FORECASTING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROTATION; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 78049301569     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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