The shear strength of granular materials has been found to increase nonlinearly with particle
asphericity before reaching a steady value independent of particle asphericity. Although the …

Granular materials often present correlations between particle size and shape due to their
geological formation and mechanisms of weathering and fragmentation. It is known that …

The paper provides an in-depth exploration of the role of particle crushing on particle
kinematics and shear banding in sheared granular materials. As a two-dimensional …

Granular materials are used in several fields and in a wide variety of processes. An
important feature of these materials is the diversity of grain sizes, commonly referred to as …

Particle shape has been regarded as one of the key factors in determining the macroscopic
shear strength of granular materials. Despite great efforts, the underlying mechanism of the …

We examine the signatures of internal structure emerged from quasistatic shear responses
of granular materials based on three-dimensional discrete element simulations. Granular …

Particle morphology has been regarded as an important factor affecting shear behaviors of
sands, and covers three important aspects, ie global form (overall shape), local roundness …

In contrast to continuum systems where localization or shear banding arises through a
bifurcation in a predefined system of differential equations, shear bands emerge in …

The fabric anisotropy of granular materials profoundly influences the aggregate strength and
deformation of granular systems. For geological materials, this anisotropy may be the result …

Particle shape has a significant effect on the shear strength and shear dilatancy properties of
granular materials. This study presents a granular thermodynamic theory investigate the …