Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

A photoelastic material will reveal its internal stresses when observed through polarizing
filters. This eye-catching property has enlightened our understanding of granular materials …

In recent years, the field of digital photoelasticity has begun to stabilise. Developments in
Photoelasticity presents, in one volume, the time-tested advancements that have brought …

We study the jamming phase diagram of sheared granular material using a novel Couette
shear setup with a multiring bottom. The setup uses small basal friction forces to apply a …

Almost all of landslides, slope failures on the land and the submarine landslides are related
to the granular mechanics. The force distribution in the granular materials before failure is …

The essence of macroscopic shear band phenomena is the cumulative cooperation of
granular scale particle rearrangements. In this work, we report an experimental study to …

Closed-form expressions for stress distribution in a disk subjected to self-equilibrated loads
having arbitrary magnitudes and directions have been derived following the approach of …

During the top coal caving mining, rock mass becomes fractured, and the physical status of
top coal and overlying strata in the vicinity of the working face changes from continuous to …

Dry granular materials, such as sand, gravel, pills, or agricultural grains, can become rigid
when compressed or sheared. Under isotropic compression, the material reaches a certain …

The essence of large deformation flow in loose geological bodies lies in the breaking and
rebuilding of force chains at the microscopic scale. Therefore, it is crucial to investigate force …