Recent Development on Macro–Micro Mechanism of Soil-Structure Interface Shearing Through DEM

WB Chen, WH Zhou, ZY Yin - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2023 - Springer
The emergence of the discrete element method (DEM) provides a powerful tool to
investigate the macro–micro mechanism of soil-structure interface (SSI). Understanding the …

A novel deep learning-based modelling strategy from image of particles to mechanical properties for granular materials with CNN and BiLSTM

P Zhang, ZY Yin - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
It will be practically useful to know the mechanical properties of granular materials by only
taking a photo of particles. This study attempts to deal with this challenge by develo** a …

Micro-mechanical analysis of soil–structure interface behavior under constant normal stiffness condition with DEM

P Wang, ZY Yin, WH Zhou, W Chen - Acta Geotechnica, 2021 - Springer
The mechanical behavior at soil–structure interface (SSI) has a crucial influence on the
safety and stability of geotechnical structures. However, the behavior of SSI under constant …

Effects of relative roughness and mean particle size on the shear strength of sand-steel interface

LJ Su, WH Zhou, WB Chen, X Jie - Measurement, 2018 - Elsevier
In an effort to investigate the effects of relative roughness R n and mean particle size D 50
on interface shear behavior between sand and steel, a series of monotonic interface were …

Effect of interparticle behavior on the development of soil arching in soil-structure interaction

MI Peerun, DEL Ong, CS Choo, WC Cheng - Tunnelling and Underground …, 2020 - Elsevier
Direct shear tests have been commonly used to study the frictional stresses during pipe-
jacking. Particle angularity and mineralogy will influence the shear strength with apparent …

Hybrid random forest-based models for predicting shear strength of structural surfaces based on surface morphology parameters and metaheuristic algorithms

J Zhou, P Yang, C Li, K Du - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The prediction of shear strength between soil-structure interactions is of great significance to
the stability of geotechnical engineering. In this study, 480 morphological data with seven …

Effects of particle sphericity and initial fabric on the shearing behavior of soil–rough structural interface

WH Zhou, XY **g, ZY Yin, X Geng - Acta Geotechnica, 2019 - Springer
In this study, the effects of particle sphericity and initial fabric on the shearing behavior of soil-
structural interface were analyzed by discrete element method (DEM). Three types of …

3D DEM investigation of shear behavior and interaction mechanism of woven geotextile-sand interfaces

Y Jia, J Zhang, Y Zheng - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study on the investigation of microscopic mechanism
governing the interaction of woven geotextile and angular sand employing the 3D discrete …

DEM simulation of geogrid–aggregate interface shear behavior: Optimization of the aperture ratio considering the initial interlocking states

SJ Feng, YQ Wang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
The reinforcement mechanism of geogrids has not been fully revealed. Using the discrete
element method (DEM), this study conducts a series of numerical direct shear tests on the …

Thickness of the shear band of silty clay–concrete interface based on the particle image velocimetry technique

J Pan, B Wang, Q Wang, X Ling, R Fang, J Liu… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The interaction between the interface of soil and concrete is the mechanical basis of
engineering structures under loading. Many failures begin at the soil–concrete interface …