This research aims to establish accurate correlations between critical state characteristics
and particle shape parameters in terms of overall regularity (OR), considering the gradation …

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a polymeric material whose low density and high
strength/density ratio has made it renowned to be used as a lightweight geosynthetic in the …

The rolling resistance model has been employed in the discrete element modelling in
geomechanics, as an alternative computationally efficient approach to capture the …

Particle morphology plays a key role in affecting physical and mechanical behaviors of
granular media. While various mathematical approaches and shape descriptors have been …

This paper develops a hierarchical Bayesian model (HBM) that integrates the physical
knowledge and the test data to predict the small-strain shear modulus G max for a target …

In this paper, a thorough numerical study is conducted to rigorously evaluate the lateral
earth pressures exerted on the retaining walls backfilled with geosynthetic-reinforced soil …

This paper aims at analyzing the active and passive lateral earth pressures exerted on
retaining walls due to the anisotropic medium of dry and noncohesive backfill subjected to …

The particle shape of coral sand is a crucial factor that affects its accumulation
characteristics. Two-dimensional particle images of coral sand with different particle sizes …

This study proposed a novel approach for generating crushable agglomerates with realistic
particle shapes in discrete element modeling (DEM). The morphologies of sand particles …

Realistic constitutive ground models are critical in the evaluation of soil‐structure interaction
problems and the assessment of key design parameters in the seismic analysis of …