Grain-scale experimental investigation of localised deformation in sand: A discrete particle tracking approach

Acta Geotechnica

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Andò, Edward ^a   Hall, Stephen A ^b   Viggiani, Gioacchino ^a   Desrues, Jacques ^a   Bésuelle, Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE ERIC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experimental discrete geomechanics; Granular media; In situ x ray micro tomography; Particle tracking; Shear bands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857644691     PISSN: 18611125     EISSN: 18611133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-011-0151-6     Document Type: Article

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