Discrete element modelling of a flexible membrane for triaxial testing of granular material at high pressures

Geotechnique Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4-6, 2012, Pages 199-203

  de Bono, J ^a   McDowell, G ^a   Wanatowski, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Discrete element modelling; Failure; Laboratory tests; Numerical modelling; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893951646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geolett.12.00040     Document Type: Article

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