The mechanical behaviors of granular soils at different initial densities and confining
pressures in the drained and undrained triaxial tests are investigated micromechanically by …

Physical experiments can characterize the elastic response of granular materials in terms of
macroscopic state variables, namely volume (packing) fraction and stress, while the …

This paper presents a micromechanical study on the behavior of granular materials under
confined shear using a three-dimensional Discrete Element Method (DEM). We consider …

Property and behaviour of sand–pile interface are crucial to shaft resistance of piles. Dilation
or contraction of the interface soil induces change in normal stress, which in turn influences …

The granular material behaviour is determined by the local contact behaviour between
particles and the spatial arrangement of particles. Investigation of particlescale mechanism …

A three-dimensional numerical torsion shear test is presented on hollow cylinder specimen
which is performed on a spherical assemblage with fixed principal stress axes using the …

A sand constitutive model accounting for elastic–plastic coupling is presented. To this aim,
general constitutive equations describing an elastic–plastic coupling effect are developed …

Granular materials are prevalent ubiquitously in nature and everyday life. They are
commonly used as raw materials in various industries; their processing, handling and …

The seismically induced interface friction capacity of piled foundations is a function of the
soil-pile interface friction, the relative stiffness of the pile and the soil and the volume …

Previous research studies have used either physical experiments or discrete element
method (DEM) simulations to explore, independently, the influence of the coefficient of inter …