Abstract: This paper presents a method to create rubber clumps without significant volume loss within the framework of the discrete-element method (DEM), enhancing the understanding of particle-scale stress transmission and small ...

Abstract: A number of research studies have recognized that not all particles in a sand specimen are active in stress transmission, particularly in the case of gap-graded soils. This has implications for the use of the global void ...

Abstract: To evaluate the mechanical behavior of a potential soil stabilizer (a hardening tung oil) with a coarse silica sand, the strength characteristics at both peak and critical state and the stress–dilatancy relationship were ...

Abstract: It is generally accepted that the use of void ratio and bulk density as measures of soil state have limitations in the case of gap-graded soils because the finer grains may not transmit stress. However, no research has ...