Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

Interparticle forces in granular materials are intimately linked to mechanical properties and
are known to self-organize into heterogeneous structures, or force chains, under external …

We propose an enhanced tool by combining X-ray micro-computed tomography test and
hybrid finite and discrete element method to investigate the mechanical behaviors of …

In recent years, the field of digital photoelasticity has begun to stabilise. Developments in
Photoelasticity presents, in one volume, the time-tested advancements that have brought …

A machine learning-based strategy is presented to estimate the contact force chains of
uniformly sized spherical granular materials under triaxial compression, using particle …

This paper explores the effect of particle rolling resistance on the mechanical behaviour of
silty sand under various shearing conditions. The elastic–plastic spring–dashpot rolling …

Predicting the constitutive response of granular soils is a fundamental goal in
geomechanics. This paper presents a machine learning (ML) framework for the prediction of …

If you walk on sand, it supports your weight. How do the disordered forces between particles
in sand organize, to keep you from sinking? This simple question is surprisingly difficult to …

Particle shape, as one of the most important physical ingredients of granular materials, can
greatly alter the characteristic of inter-particle force distribution which is of vital importance in …

Since deformable granular materials with arbitrary morphologies constructed by different
dilated non-spherical models in complex structures remain challenging for numerical …