On the influence of inter-particle friction and dilatancy in granular materials: A numerical analysis

Granular Matter

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-447

  Yang, Z X ^a   Yang, J ^b   Wang, L Z ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dilatancy; Discrete element method; Granular materials; Inter particle friction; Macro and micro scales; Mechanical behavior

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURES; CONSTANT VOLUMES; CONTACT PROPERTIES; DEM SIMULATION; DILATANCY; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION EFFECT; GRANULAR ASSEMBLY; GRANULAR SOILS; LOADING CONDITION; MACRO SCALE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICRO-SCALES; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARTICLE PACKINGS; PARTICULATE LEVELS; PEAK STRENGTH; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SOIL DENSITY; UNDRAINED;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRICTION; LOADING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROCK PRESSURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TRIBOLOGY;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 84861231585     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-012-0348-x     Document Type: Article

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