Despite tremendous advances made in fracture mechanics of concrete in recent years, very
little information has been available on the nature of fracture processes and on reliable test …

One challenge of today's research is the realistic simulation of granular materials, like sand
or powders, consisting of millions of particles. In this article, the discrete element method …

The discrete element method (DEM) in the simulation of static packings allows one to
investigate the behavior of granular materials by modeling the forces on the particle level …

Size/scale effects on the fracture of concrete subjected to uniaxial tension are studied by
means of analyses with the Delft lattice beam model and compared to recent experimental …

Purpose The development of bulk material handling equipment can be accelerated and
made less expensive when testing of virtual prototypes is adopted. However, the modelling …

From the structure of a static granular solid, we derive the fabric and the stiffness tensor in
average over those pairs of interacting particles with contact within the averaging volume …

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: In naturally fracture formations, injected fluid could flow into the
existing fractures or induce a new fracture. It is important to predict conditions where …

The modelling of cohesive, frictional granular materials with a discrete particle molecular
dynamics is reviewed. From the structure of the quasi-static granular solid, the fabric, stress …

A discrete model for the sintering of polydisperse, inhomogeneous arrays of cylinders is
presented with empirical contact force-laws, taking into account plastic deformations …

Micromechanical modeling has tremendous potential benefits in the field of asphalt
technology, for reducing or eliminating costly tests to characterize asphalt-aggregate …