An insight into the yielding and normal compression of sand with irregularly-shaped particles using DEM

Powder Technology

Volumn 271, Issue , 2015, Pages 270-277

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEM; Normal compression; Particle crushing; Particle shape; Sand

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; ELASTICITY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAND; SHEAR STRESS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPHERES; YIELD STRESS;

COORDINATION NUMBER; DEM; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; IRREGULAR PARTICLE; OCTAHEDRAL SHEAR STRESS; PARTICLE CRUSHING; PARTICLE SHAPE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

PARTICLE SIZE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE DENSITY; SAND; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; STRESS;

EID: 84913557838     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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