Effect of particle shape on the progressive failure of shield tunnel face in granular soils by coupled FDM-DEM method

ZY Yin, P Wang, F Zhang - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The face failure of tunnels has been extensively studied. However, the effect of particle
shape on the failure process still remains unclear. In this paper, the progressive face failure …

A thermodynamics-based micro-macro elastoplastic micropolar continuum model for granular materials

J Tian, Y Lai, E Liu, C He - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
A micro–macro elastoplastic micropolar continuum model for granular materials in the dry
and pendular states is proposed on the basis of thermodynamics. The independent …

DEM analysis of small and small-to-medium strain shear modulus of sands

NSC Reddy, H He, K Senetakis - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the significant progresses in discrete-based numerical studies of granular materials,
most efforts have been placed in the study of large deformation problems and there are …

A novel multi-scale large deformation approach for modelling of granular collapse

H **ong, ZY Yin, F Nicot, A Wautier, M Marie, F Darve… - Acta Geotechnica, 2021 - Springer
Collapse of granular material is usually accompanied by long run-out granular flows in
natural hazards, eg rock/debris flow and snow avalanches. This paper presents a novel …

Formulation and implementation of an elastoplastic constitutive model for sand‐fines mixtures

ZC Sun, J Chu, Y **ao - International Journal for Numerical and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sand‐fines mixtures are commonly used engineered materials, and their mechanical
behavior is significantly affected by density, confining pressure, as well as fines content …

[HTML][HTML] An evolution law for fabric anisotropy and its application in micromechanical modelling of granular materials

CF Zhao, NP Kruyt - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Micromechanical studies of granular materials have demonstrated the importance of their
microstructure to their behaviour. This microstructure is often characterized by fabric tensors …

An approach to calculating large strain accumulation for discrete element simulations of granular media

NHT Nguyen, HH Bui… - International journal for …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
For research on granular materials, establishing a method to calculate continuum strain from
particle displacements is necessary for understanding the material behaviour at macro‐level …

Programming a micro-mechanical model of granular materials in Julia

H **ong, ZY Yin, F Nicot - Advances in Engineering Software, 2020 - Elsevier
Modelling the mechanical behaviour of granular materials using the insight of physics, such
as discrete element method (DEM), usually costs a lot of computing resources as a result of …

Three-dimensional numerical modelling of progressive failure of caisson foundation in sand using a coupled FDM–DEM method

ZY Yin - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Bearing capacity and the relationship between loading and displacement for caisson
foundations have been widely studied, but failure mechanism and loading response at the …

Bearing capacity and failure mechanism of strip footings on anisotropic sand

Z Gao, D Lu, X Du - Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Sand typically exhibits anisotropic internal structure (or fabric), and the fabric anisotropy has
a dramatic influence on the mechanical behavior of sand. Meanwhile, the fabric evolves …