Numerical simulations of assemblies of two-dimensional polygon-shaped particles and effects of confining pressure on shear strength

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Mirghasemi, A A ^a   Rothenburg, L ^b   Matyas, E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

angular particles; anisotropy; confining pressure; contact law; granular material; micromechanics; strength (IGC: E13)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROMECHANICS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK PRESSURE;

ANGULAR PARTICLES; CONFINING PRESSURES; CONTACT LAWS; DISCRETE ELEMENT CODES; MACROSCOPIC BEHAVIORS; REAL INTERACTIONS; SHAPED PARTICLES; STRENGTH (IGC: E13);

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84880719443     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.37.3_43     Document Type: Article

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