Yield surfaces and plastic potentials of cemented granular materials from discrete element simulations

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-69

  Estrada, Nicolas ^a   Taboada, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Cementation; Discrete element method; Elastoplasticity; Flow rule; Granular materials; Plastic potential; Yield surface

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; CONCEPTUAL ELEMENTS; CONTACT MODELS; DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; FLOW RULES; GEOMATERIALS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PLASTIC POTENTIALS; POLYDISPERSE SAMPLES; RIGID WALL; SOLID FRACTION; YIELD SURFACE;

ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SURFACES;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

CEMENTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ELASTOPLASTICITY; GRANULAR MEDIUM;

EID: 84870860886     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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