Micro mechanics of isotropic normal compression

Geotechnique Letters

Volumn 3, Issue OCT/DEC, 2013, Pages 166-172

  McDowell, G R ^a   De Bono, J P ^a   Yue, P ^a   Yu, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Discrete element modelling; Fractals; Numerical modelling; Particle crushing crushability; Particle scale behaviour

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); FRACTALS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ANISOTROPIC STRESS; CRITICAL STATE SOIL MECHANICS; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELLING; DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; DISTRIBUTION OF STRENGTH; OCTAHEDRAL SHEAR STRESS; PARTICLE CRUSHING; PARTICLE SCALE;

SHEAR STRESS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRUSHING; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRENGTH;

EID: 84888111336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geolett.13.00050     Document Type: Article

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