DEM of triaxial tests on crushable sand

Granular Matter

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 551-562

  De Bono, J P ^a   McDowell, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEM; Discrete element method; Particle crushing; Triaxial

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

CONFINING PRESSURES; DEM; OCTAHEDRAL SHEAR STRESS; PARTICLE CRUSHING; REALISTIC DEFORMATIONS; TRI-AXIAL SHEAR TESTS; TRIAXIAL; VOLUMETRIC CONTRACTION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84904756899     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: 14347636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-014-0500-x     Document Type: Article

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