1. A micromechanics-based gradient model and the effect of high-order stress and particle rolling on localizations for granular materials

   • Chenxi Xiu
   • Xihua Chu

   Original Paper 02 November 2017 Article: 87

   

2. 3D particle shape modelling and optimization through proper orthogonal decomposition

   • Noura Ouhbi
   • Charles Voivret
   • Jean-Noël Roux

   Original Paper 01 November 2017 Article: 86

   

3. Numerical study of a sphere descending along an inclined slope in a liquid

   • Chuanhu Zhang
   • Kenichi Soga
   • Feng Jin

   Original Paper Open access 01 November 2017 Article: 85

   

4. A semi-analytical model for the effective thermal conductivity of a multi-component polydisperse granular bed

   • Joel Martis
   • Ratna Kumar Annabattula

   Original Paper 01 November 2017 Article: 84

   

5. Understanding granular media: from fundamentals and simulations to industrial application

   • André Katterfeld
   • Christopher Wensrich

   EditorialNotes 31 October 2017 Article: 83

   

6. A study of gravity flow principles of sublevel caving method in dipping narrow veins

   • Shuai Xu
   • Fidelis T. Suorineni
   • Yuanhui Li

   Original Paper 25 October 2017 Article: 82

   

7. Comparative discrete element modelling of a vibratory sieving process with spherical and rounded polyhedron particles

   • Wei Chen
   • Timothy Donohue
   • Kenneth Williams

   Original Paper 25 October 2017 Article: 81

   

8. A particle packing model for sand–silt mixtures with the effect of dual-skeleton

   • Ching S. Chang
   • Yibing Deng

   Original Paper 24 October 2017 Article: 80

   

9. A numerical study on dynamic inertial focusing of microparticles in a confined flow

   • Hirotake Udono
   • Mikio Sakai

   Original Paper 23 October 2017 Article: 79

   

10. Experimental modelling of free-surface dry granular flows under a centrifugal acceleration field

    • Miguel Angel Cabrera
    • Wei Wu

    Original Paper 12 October 2017 Article: 78

    

11. A novel experimental device for investigating the multiscale behavior of granular materials under shear

    • Eloïse Marteau
    • José E. Andrade

    Original Paper 07 October 2017 Article: 77

    

12. Study of the effects of anisotropic consolidation on granular materials under complex stress paths using the DEM

    • Wei Zhou
    • Wei Wu
    • Xiaolin Chang

    Original Paper 26 September 2017 Article: 76

    

13. 3D fibre architecture of fibre-reinforced sand

    • I. Soriano
    • E. Ibraim
    • G. Viggiani

    Original Paper Open access 18 September 2017 Article: 75

    

14. Reconstruction of granular railway ballast based on inverse discrete Fourier transform method

    • Zhao Lianheng
    • Huang Dongliang
    • Li Dejian

    Original Paper 16 September 2017 Article: 74

    

15. Exploration of splash function and lateral velocity based on three-dimensional mixed-size grain/bed collision

    • Hao-Jie Huang
    • Tian-Li Bo
    • Rui Zhang

    Original Paper 23 August 2017 Article: 73

    

16. Formulation and numerical implementation of micro-scale boundary conditions for particle aggregates

    • J. Liu
    • E. Bosco
    • A. S. J. Suiker

    Original Paper Open access 20 August 2017 Article: 72

    

17. Evolution of particle breakage and volumetric deformation of binary granular soils under impact load

    • Yang Xiao
    • Hanlong Liu
    • Jia Xiang

    Original Paper 16 August 2017 Article: 71

    

18. Transformation of sliding motion to rolling during spheres collision

    • Hossein Nejat Pishkenari
    • Hossein Kaviani Rad
    • Hamed Jafari Shad

    Original Paper 16 August 2017 Article: 70

    

19. Characterization and discrete element simulation of grading and shape-dependent behavior of JSC-1A Martian regolith simulant

    • Zhengshou Lai
    • Qiushi Chen

    Original paper 12 August 2017 Article: 69

    

20. Scan line void fabric anisotropy tensors of granular media

    • Alexandros I. Theocharis
    • Emmanouil Vairaktaris
    • Yannis F. Dafalias

    Original Paper 04 August 2017 Article: 68

    

21. Experimental assessment of continuum breakage models accounting for mechanical interactions at particle contacts

    • C. Sohn
    • Y. D. Zhang
    • G. Buscarnera

    Original Paper 04 August 2017 Article: 67

    

22. Meso-scale modeling of heat transport in a heterogeneous cemented geomaterial by lattice element method

    • A. S. Sattari
    • Z. H. Rizvi
    • F. Wuttke

    Original Paper 03 August 2017 Article: 66

    

23. Shear mechanical behavior of model materials samples by experimental triaxial tests: case study of 4 mm diameter glass beads

    • Kai Wu
    • NorEdine Abriak
    • Songyu Liu

    Original Paper 03 August 2017 Article: 65

    

24. Parametrisation of a DEM model for railway ballast under different load cases

    • Bettina Suhr
    • Klaus Six

    Original Paper Open access 02 August 2017 Article: 64