Soft, disordered, micro-structured materials are ubiquitous in nature and industry, and are
different from ordinary fluids or solids, with unusual, interesting static and flow properties …

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

The micromechanical and macromechanical behavior of idealized granular assemblies,
made by linearly elastic, frictionless, polydisperse spheres, are studied in a periodic, triaxial …

We study the bulk properties of isotropic bidisperse granular mixtures using discrete element
simulations. The focus is on the influence of the size (radius) ratio of the two constituents and …

Both discrete-element-method (DEM) and continuum method are used to model element
tests of granular materials, including biaxial tests and simple shear tests. For the continuum …

One challenge of today's research is the realistic simulation of disordered many particle
systems in static and dynamic/flow situations. Examples are particulate and granular …

One of the basic assumptions of the micropolar theory is that the stress tensor is not
symmetric. In this paper, asymmetry of the stress tensor is studied with discrete element …

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

Soil, made up of countless interacting grains is a perfect example of granular materials.
When soil is sheared, the flow is confined to narrow regions called flowing zones. In this …

Granular materials are omnipresent in nature and widely used in various industries ranging
from food and pharmaceutical to agriculture and mining–among others. It has been …