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The use of fiber reinforcement in granular media is known to increase the cohesion and therefore the strength of the material. However, a new approach, based on layer-wise deployment of predetermined patterns of the fiber reinforcement has led self-confining and free-standing jammed structures to become viable. We have developed a model to simulate fiber reinforced granular materials, which takes into account irregular particles and wire elasticity and apply it to study the stability of unconfined jammed granular columns.
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We acknowledge financial support from the ETH Research Grant ETHIIRA Grant No. ETH-04 14-2 as well as from the ERC Advanced grant number FP7-319968 FlowCCS of the European Research Council. We also want to acknowledge the group of Gramazio/Kohler for the support and for the fruitful discussions.
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Iliev, P.S., Wittel, F.K., Herrmann, H.J. (2019). Discrete Element Modeling of Free-Standing Wire Reinforced Jammed Granular Columns. In: Wu, W. (eds) Desiderata Geotechnica. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14987-1_18
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