428
Views
36
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Discrete element modelling of the resilient behaviour of unbound granular aggregates

, &
Pages 387-395 | Received 07 Mar 2007, Accepted 21 Apr 2008, Published online: 29 Oct 2008

References

  • CEN–European Committee for Standardization . 2000 . EN 13286-7 Unbound and hydraulically bound mixtures – part 7: Cyclic load triaxial tests for unbound mixtures Brussels
  • Cole , D.M. and Peters , J.F. 2007 . A physically based approach to granular media mechanics: Grain-scale experiments, initial results and implications to numerical modeling, granular material . Granular Matter , 9 ( 5 ) : 309 – 321 . DOI: 10.1007/s10035-007-0046-2
  • Cole, D.M., Uthus, L., and Hopkins, M.A., (in review). Normal and sliding contact experiments on smooth, spherical grains of gneiss. submitted to Granular Matter
  • Cundall , P.A. and Strack , O.D.L. 1979 . A discrete numerical model for granular assemblies . Geotechnique , 29 ( 1 ) : 47 – 65 .
  • Hicks , R.G. and Monismith , C.L. 1974 . “ Factors influencing the resilient response of granular materials ” . Highway Research Record Number 345 15 – 31 . Washington, DC : Highway Research Board, National Research Council .
  • Hopkins , M.A. 2004 . Discrete element modeling with dilated particles . Engineering Computation , 21 ( 2 ) : 422 – 430 . DOI: 10.1108/02644400410519866
  • Johnson , K.L. 1987 . Contact mechanics , 452 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Lin , X. and Ng , T.-T. 1997 . A three-dimensional discrete element model using arrays of spheres . Géotechnique , 47 ( 2 ) : 319 – 329 .
  • Ng , T.-T. 2004a . Shear strength of assemblies of ellipsoidal particles . Geotechnique , 54 ( 10 ) : 659 – 669 .
  • Ng , T.-T. 2004b . Triaxial test simulations with discrete element method and hydrostatic boundaries . ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics , : 1188 – 1194 .
  • Peters, J.F., et al., (in review). A poly-ellipsoid particle for non-spherical DEM, submitted to Geomechanics and Geoengineering
  • Sakaguchi , H. , Makinouchi , A. and Muhlhaus , H.-B. 2000 . “ Three dimensional particle based modeling of frictional behaviour in shear zones ” . In Proceeding of 2nd ACES (APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation) Workshop , Hakone : Japan . October 16–20
  • Zeghal , M. 2004 . Discrete element method investigation of the resilient behaviour of granular materials . Journal of Transportation Engineering , 130 ( 4 ) : 503 – 509 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.