Granular soils are abundant in nature and extensively used for engineering purposes.
Understanding the correlation between particle breakage and its mechanical response of …

The ultra-early age strength of shotcrete with Portland cement-based materials in various
supporting constructions is crucial for safety and engineering efficiency. However, concerns …

A chemical weathering model based on Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) was
proposed in this study to shed light on the microscopic origin of the mechanical behaviors of …

Cemented granular materials (CGMs) are multi-phase materials consisting of a skeleton of
solid particles and a cement phase completely or partially filling the voids among the …

Porous brittle solids evidence complex mechanical behavior, where localized failure
patterns originate from mechanical processes on the microstructural level. In order to …

Using the discrete element method, we investigate the force chain characteristics of dense
particles in a parallel-plate particle flow friction system, and considering the influence of …

Prediction of a breakdown in disordered solids under external loading is a question of
paramount importance. Here we use a fiber bundle model for disordered solids and record …

This study purposes to quantify comprehensively the potential of cement-treated red
sandstone coarse-grained soil as a subgrade filler in highway engineering. The compaction …

We study the transition from cohesive to noncohesive states of cemented granular materials
(synthetic rocks) under oedometric loading, combining simultaneous measurements of …

The focus of this study is the experimental characterization of cemented granular materials,
with the aim of identifying the microscopic properties of the solid bonds and describing the …