An investigation on loose cemented granular materials via DEM analyses

Granular Matter

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-84

  Jiang, Mingjing ^a   Zhang, Wangcheng ^a   Sun, Yugang ^a   Utili, Stefano ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bond failure; Cemented granular materials; DEM; Shear band; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM RODS; BIAXIAL COMPRESSION; BOND BREAKAGE; BOND FAILURE; BOND MODELS; CONFINING PRESSURES; DEM; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; FLEXIBLE BOUNDARIES; LABORATORY TEST; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

ALUMINUM; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); COMPRESSION TESTING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SHEAR BANDS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 84873413111     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: 14347636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-012-0382-8     Document Type: Article

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