Contact behavior of idealized granules bonded in two different interparticle distances: An experimental investigation

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Jiang, M J ^a,b   Sun, Y G ^a,b   Li, L Q ^a,b   Zhu, H H ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Bonded granulates; Laboratory equipment; Microscopic constitutive relations; Natural sands

Indexed keywords

LABORATORIES; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; STRAIN HARDENING;

BONDED GRANULATES; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT RELATIONSHIPS; INTER-PARTICLE CEMENTATION; LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS; NATURAL SAND;

GRANULATION;

EID: 84864805199     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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