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Application of Discrete Element Method to Geomechanics

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  1. Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    M. Jiang

  2. School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK

    H.-S. Yu

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  1. Director of the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Feistmantelstr. 4, 1180, Vienna, Austria

    Wei Wu

  2. School of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK

    Hai-Sui Yu

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Jiang, M., Yu, HS. (2006). Application of Discrete Element Method to Geomechanics. In: Wu, W., Yu, HS. (eds) Modern Trends in Geomechanics. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35724-7_15

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