On the role of particle breakage in the shear failure behavior of granular soils by DEM

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 832-854

  Wang, Jianfeng ^a   Yan, Haibin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crushable soil; DEM simulation; Particle breakage; Shear banding; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

DEM SIMULATION; MICRO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE BREAKAGE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; SHEAR BANDING; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); VOLUMETRIC CONTRACTION;

FAILURE MODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LABORATORIES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; SOILS; STRAIN;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CRUSHING; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN;

EID: 84877920899     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.1124     Document Type: Article

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