Stress-dilatancy and force chain evolution

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-292

  Tordesillas, Antoinette ^a   Shi, Jingyu ^a   Tshaikiwsky, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Force chain buckling; Shear band; Stress dilatancy

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; BUCKLING MODE; CONTACT FORCES; DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; FABRIC EVOLUTION; FORCE CHAIN BUCKLING; FORCE CHAINS; GRANULAR ASSEMBLY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LATTICE MODELS; MACROSCOPIC RESPONSE; PROCESS YIELD; STRESS-DILATANCY; STRESS-DILATANCY RELATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KINEMATICS; SHEAR BANDS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESSES;

BUCKLING;

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DILATANCY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MECHANISM; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LOADING TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR BAND; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78651271019     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.910     Document Type: Article

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