Abstract: Shallow plate-load tests were simulated using a two-dimensional discrete element procedure together with parameters calibrated from a series of biaxial compression experiments on aluminum rods. The deformation and force ...

Abstract: Bridging the mechanical response of rockfill materials with laboratory grading curves and field grading curves is of obvious importance in rockfill dam engineering and has been a great challenge for geotechnical researchers ...

Abstract: Observing the fragmentation of individual particles within granular assemblies is a subject of evident theoretical and practical importance. A new technique using dyed gypsum particles (DGPs) to match the broken particles ...