Articles

1. A network-based investigation on static liquefaction of sheared granular materials

   • Wanda Cao
   • Jiangzhou Mei
   • Gang Ma

   Original Report 27 April 2024 Article: 60

   

2. Structural properties of different sphere packings with arbitrary porosities for planetary-science applications

   • L. Klar
   • T. Glißmann
   • J. Blum

   Original Report Open access 23 April 2024 Article: 59

   

3. Numerical investigation of crack propagation regimes in snow fracture experiments

   • Grégoire Bobillier
   • Bastian Bergfeld
   • Jürg Schweizer

   Original Report Open access 22 April 2024 Article: 58

   

4. Cyclic-loading effects in sand: a micromechanical study considering particle breakage

   • Jacinto Ulloa
   • Ziran Zhou
   • José E. Andrade

   Original Report 19 April 2024 Article: 57

   

5. 3D DEM investigation on percolation of lubricant particles during uniaxial metal powder compaction

   • Wei Zhang
   • Weijian Xiao
   • Kun Liu

   Original Report 18 April 2024 Article: 56

   

6. DEM model acquisition of the corn ear with bonded particle model and its simulated parameters calibration

   • Dandan Han
   • Yang Zhou
   • Lihua Zhang

   Review 12 April 2024 Article: 54

   

7. Particle breakage of ultra-high dam rockfills under drained shearing

   • Wei Jin
   • Xing Yang
   • Jin-quan Shi

   Original Report 12 April 2024 Article: 55

   

8. Correction of the spring-dashpot-slider model

   • Florian Führer
   • Lothar Brendel
   • Dietrich E. Wolf

   Research Open access 10 April 2024 Article: 53

   

9. Influences of particle size ratio and fines content on the suffusion characteristics of gap-graded soils

   • Yi Zhao
   • Zheng Hu
   • Qixin Wu

   Original Report 04 April 2024 Article: 52

   

10. Statistical evaluation of the effect of size and strain rate on particle strength of rockfill materials

    • Shihao Yan
    • Shichun Chi
    • Xinjie Zhou

    Original Report 01 April 2024 Article: 51

    

11. Scale-up of dry impregnation processes for porous spherical catalyst particles in a rotating drum: experiments and simulations

    • Pengfei Xu
    • Yangyang Shen
    • Maria S. Tomassone

    Original Report Open access 30 March 2024 Article: 50

    

12. Investigation on the spreading behaviour of sand powder used in binder jet 3D printing

    • Yulun Xu
    • Lanzhou Ge
    • Wenguang Nan

    Original Report 29 March 2024 Article: 49

    

13. Discrete element study of stresses and deformation on gravity retaining wall under static loading

    • Prerna Singh
    • Tanusree Chakraborty
    • Puneet Mahajan

    Original Report 28 March 2024 Article: 48

    

14. A study of membrane correction accounting for both curvature and tension in DEM simulations of triaxial tests of sand and ballast with two alternative flexible membrane models

    • Mathias Tolomeo
    • Glenn R. McDowell

    Original Report Open access 25 March 2024 Article: 47

    

15. Collision time in the inelastic bouncing ball model of granular materials

    • Junius André F. Balista
    • Christian Jay P. Magsigay
    • Caesar A. Saloma

    Original Report 21 March 2024 Article: 46

    

16. Ballast crushing probability model considering the influence of particle morphology and size

    • Rui Gao
    • Zhiwen Yuan
    • Jing Chen

    Original Report 20 March 2024 Article: 45

    

17. Gas flow patterns in a granular fluidized bed

    • Wilson Barros Jr.

    Original Report 18 March 2024 Article: 44

    

18. Structural fluctuations in thin cohesive particle layers in powder-based additive manufacturing

    • Sudeshna Roy
    • Hongyi Xiao
    • Thorsten Pöschel

    Original Report Open access 13 March 2024 Article: 43

    

19. Macro-and-micromechanical responses of ballast under triaxial shearing using coupled DEM–FDM with flexible and rigid membranes: a comparative study

    • Cheng Chen
    • Dao-kun Wu
    • Xin Zhang

    Original Report 11 March 2024 Article: 42

    

20. Microscopic mechanical properties of rockfill materials under different stress paths

    • Runhan Zhang
    • Lingkai Zhang
    • Yunchao Cui

    Original Report 11 March 2024 Article: 41

    

21. An inclusion model for predicting granular elasticity incorporating force chain mechanics

    • Adyota Gupta
    • K. T. Ramesh
    • Ryan Hurley

    Original Report 10 March 2024 Article: 40

    

22. Simplified level set discrete element modeling of particle suspension flows in microfluidics: clogging statistics controlled by particle friction and shape

    • Ziran Zhou
    • Rigoberto Moncada
    • José E. Andrade

    Original Report 09 March 2024 Article: 39

    

23. Effect of free water on the quasi-static compression behavior of partially-saturated concrete with a fully coupled DEM/CFD approach

    • M. Krzaczek
    • J. Tejchman
    • M. Nitka

    Original Report 09 March 2024 Article: 38

    

24. Influence of gradation range on strong contact network in granular materials

    • Ziyu Jin
    • Jiaying Liu
    • Xiaorong Xu

    Original Report 06 March 2024 Article: 37

    

25. Frictional weakening of a granular sheared layer due to viscous rolling revealed by discrete element modeling

    • Alexandre Sac-Morane
    • Manolis Veveakis
    • Hadrien Rattez

    Original Report 03 March 2024 Article: 36

    

26. Mechanical model of evolution of granular matter force chains

    • Chengzhi Qi
    • Zefan Wang
    • G. G. Kocharyan

    Original Report 01 March 2024 Article: 35

    

27. Plastic deformation effect on contact behaviour in granular materials

    • F. N. Altuhafi
    • B. A. Baudet
    • M. R. Coop

    Original Report Open access 01 March 2024 Article: 34

    

28. Research on dust fugitive characteristics of mobile dust sources based on industrial bulk material transfer process

    • Hongfa Sun
    • Zhengyu Li
    • Fang Ruan

    Original Report 01 March 2024 Article: 33

    

29. Performance and limits of a geotechnical centrifuge: DEM-LBM simulations of saturated granular column collapse

    • William Webb
    • Barbara Turnbull
    • Alessandro Leonardi

    Original Report Open access 01 March 2024 Article: 32

    

30. A unified 2D and 3D morphology quantification and geometric parameters-driven reconstruction method for irregular particles

    • Jun Chen
    • Ruilin Li
    • Veerle Vandeginste

    Original Report 27 February 2024 Article: 31

    

31. Macro- and micro-scale behavior of inherently anisotropic sands under true triaxial loading paths considering partial drainage conditions

    • Seyedeh Fateme Faraji
    • Jun-jie Zheng
    • Qixin Wu

    Original Report 20 February 2024 Article: 30

    

32. Modelling the mechanical behaviour of clay using particle-scale simulations

    • John de Bono
    • Glenn McDowell

    Original Report Open access 19 February 2024 Article: 29

    

33. Contact rheological DEM model for visco-elastic powders during laser sintering

    • J. E. Alvarez
    • A. H. Nijkamp
    • T. Weinhart

    Original Report Open access 12 February 2024 Article: 28

    

34. How Fast are Elastic Domino Waves?

    • Daniel Ding
    • Clement Lau
    • Igor Ostanin

    Original Report Open access 06 February 2024 Article: 27

    

35. Shear characteristics of granular materials with different friction coefficients based on ring shear test

    • Wenqing Niu
    • Hu Zheng
    • Yu Huang

    Original Report 06 February 2024 Article: 26

    

36. Effect of initial fabric anisotropy on cyclic liquefaction behavior of granular soils using discrete element method

    • Mahsa Ajam Norouzi
    • Ehsan Seyedi Hosseininia

    Original Report 05 February 2024 Article: 25

    

37. A new numerical method for constructing the three-dimensional microstructure of S-RM using digital image processing technology

    • Yiliang Tu
    • Hang Long
    • Wenlong Yang

    Original Report 26 January 2024 Article: 24

    

38. Development of performance test system for virtual impactor of respirable dust

    • Lifeng Hui

    Original Report 23 January 2024 Article: 23

    

39. Fragmentation model integrated in a gravity flow simulator for block caving planning

    • Raúl Castro
    • René Gómez
    • Oscar Jerez

    Original Report 20 January 2024 Article: 22

    

40. Continuum modelling of a just-saturated inertial column collapse: capturing fluid-particle interaction

    • William Webb
    • Barbara Turnbull
    • Chris Johnson

    Original Report Open access 19 January 2024 Article: 21

    

41. Investigation techniques and physical aspects of the angle of repose of granular matter

    • Sacha Duverger
    • Vasileios Angelidakis
    • Jérôme Duriez

    Original Report 19 January 2024 Article: 20

    

42. Statistical interdependence of multi-scale 3D morphological descriptors of sand grains

    • Rizwan Khan
    • Gali Madhavi Latha

    Original Report 16 January 2024 Article: 19

    

43. Implications of sand grains’ mobility and inundating area to landslides at different slope angles

    • Yan-Bin Wu
    • Zhao Duan
    • Qing Zhang

    Original Report 13 January 2024 Article: 18

    

44. Effects of angularity and content of coarse particles on the mechanical behaviour of granular mixtures: a DEM study

    • Jian Gong
    • Xianwei Pang
    • Xiaoduo Ou

    Original Report 12 January 2024 Article: 17

    

45. Study on the anisotropy of particle fluctuation in a jet bubbling bed

    • Xi Chen
    • Shuyan Wang
    • Yimei Ma

    Original Report 09 January 2024 Article: 16

    

46. XRCT image processing for sand fabric reconstruction

    • Peng Tan
    • Hasitha Sithadara Wijesuriya
    • Nicholas Sitar

    Original Report 08 January 2024 Article: 15

    

47. Understanding the interplay between particle shape, grading and sample density on the behaviour of granular assemblies: A DEM approach

    • Peter Adesina
    • Catherine O’Sullivan
    • Teng Wang

    Original Report Open access 05 January 2024 Article: 14

    

48. Quantifying three-dimensional sphericity indices of irregular fine particles from 2D images through sequential sieving tests

    • Farzad Kaviani-Hamedani
    • Mohammad Esmailzade
    • Danial Shirkavand

    Original Report 25 December 2023 Article: 13

    

49. From solid-like to floating: evolution of dense granular cluster in dissipation behavior

    • Kai Zhang
    • Meng Chen
    • Fugui Sun

    Brief Report 21 December 2023 Article: 12

    

50. Properties of interaction networks in compressed two and three dimensional particulate systems

    • L. Kovalcinova
    • A. Taranto
    • L. Kondic

    Original Report 19 December 2023 Article: 11