3-D DEM simulation of cohesive soil-pushing behavior by bulldozer blade

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-47

  Tsuji, T ^a   Nakagawa, Y ^a   Matsumoto, N ^b   Kadono, Y ^b   Takayama, T ^a   Tanaka, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOMATSU LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blade; Bulldozer; Cohesive soil; Discrete element method; Liquid bridge; Soil blade interaction

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BLADE; BULLDOZER; COHESIVE BONDS; COHESIVE SOILS; DEM SIMULATION; LIQUID BRIDGE; MICROSCOPIC BEHAVIOR; SOIL AGGREGATE;

SOILS;

EID: 84859266740     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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