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The Role of Particle Crushing in Granular Materials

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Modern Trends in Geomechanics

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  1. Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics, School of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK

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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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McDowell, G.R. (2006). The Role of Particle Crushing in Granular Materials. 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_16

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