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 …

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 …

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 …

Mechanical properties of remolded hydrate-bearing clayey-silty sediments

Y Zhao, L Kong, R Xu, J Liu, S Sang - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The vast majority of global gas hydrate resources exist in clay and silty fine-grained
reservoirs, so fully gras** the mechanical properties of fine-grained hydrate is the key to …

Mechanical characteristics of overconsolidated hydrate-bearing clayey–silty sediments with various confining pressures

Y Zhao, J Liu, L Hua, L Kong, S Sang, Q Yuan - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
The mechanical characteristics of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS) are not only dominated
by the cementing and filling effects of hydrate, which makes them show the characteristics of …

Strength behaviors of hydrate-bearing clayey-silty sediments with multiple factors

Y Zhao, L Kong, R Xu, J Liu, S Sang - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a kind of new clean energy, natural gas hydrate has attracted the attention of the world. A
full understanding of the physical properties that determine the strength behaviors of hydrate …

Mechanical properties of gas hydrate-bearing sediments: Research progress, challenges and perspectives

Y Zhao, G Hu, L Liu, C Liu, Y Wan, Q Bu, Y Ji… - Earth-Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
We provide a comprehensive overview and summarizes the recent advances in the
mechanical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS) from three aspects: experimental …

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 …

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 …