Effect of particle characteristics on the evolution of particle size, particle morphology, and fabric of sands loaded under uniaxial compression

E Ganju, M Kılıç, M Prezzi, R Salgado, N Parab… - Acta Geotechnica, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents the results and analyses of uniaxial compression experiments
performed on three silica sands. The sands have comparable particle-size distributions, but …

Breakage mechanisms of highly porous particles in 1D compression revealed by X-ray tomography

G Guida, F Casini, GMB Viggiani, E Ando… - Géotechnique …, 2018 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Grain breakage affects a number of geotechnical engineering problems. In this research
study, the breakage of an artificial, porous granular material (light-expanded clay aggregate …

Micromechanically inspired investigation of cemented granular materials: part I—from X-ray micro tomography to measurable model variables

A Tengattini, E Ando, I Einav, G Viggiani - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
Cemented granular materials are abundant in nature and are often artificially produced.
Their macroscopic behaviour is driven by small-scale material processes, which are …

Challenges of'imaging'particulate materials in three dimensions

M Schröter, C Lyv, J Huang, K Huang - Papers in physics, 2022 - papersinphysics.org
In this perspective article, we discuss the challenges of imaging assemblies of particles in
three dimensions. Starting from a brief motivation for the investigation of particulate …

Study of cone penetration in silica sands using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) analysis and X-ray computed tomography (XCT)

E Ganju - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Cone penetration in sands is a complex process: it contains several challenges that
geomechanicians face, such as large displacements, large strains, strain localization, and …

[PDF][PDF] On the ease of experimental access to deformation entities in granular assemblies

E Andò, G Viggiani - Ital. Geotech. J, 2018 - researchgate.net
This paper pragmatically discusses the ease with which 3D grain-scale variables of interest
in soil mechanics can be obtained from 3D images of a natural granular material like sand …

Breakage mechanisms of highly porous particles in 1D compression revealed with x-ray tomography

G Viggiani, G Guida, F Casini, E Andò, G Viggiani - 2019 - repository.cam.ac.uk
Grain breakage affects a number of geotechnical engineering problems. In this work,
breakage of an artificial, porous granular material (Lightweight expanded clay aggregate) …