| On the capillary stress tensor in wet granular materials L Scholtès, PY Hicher, F Nicot, B Chareyre, F Darve International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics …, 2009 | 193 | 2009 |
| A multi-scale approach to granular materials F Nicot, F Darve, R Group Mechanics of materials 37 (9), 980-1006, 2005 | 163 | 2005 |
| Toward objective rockfall trajectory simulation using a stochastic impact model F Bourrier, L Dorren, F Nicot, F Berger, F Darve Geomorphology 110 (3-4), 68-79, 2009 | 161 | 2009 |
| Design of rockfall restraining nets from a discrete element modelling F Nicot, B Cambou, G Mazzoleni Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 34 (2), 99-118, 2001 | 128 | 2001 |
| Bifurcation and second‐order work in geomaterials F Nicot, F Darve, H Dat Vu Khoa International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics …, 2007 | 125 | 2007 |
| Physical processes within a 2D granular layer during an impact F Bourrier, F Nicot, F Darve Granular Matter 10 (6), 415-437, 2008 | 118 | 2008 |
| On the definition of the stress tensor in granular media F Nicot, N Hadda, M Guessasma, J Fortin, O Millet International Journal of Solids and Structures 50 (14-15), 2508-2517, 2013 | 114 | 2013 |
| Diffuse failure in geomaterials: experiments, theory and modelling A Daouadji, F Darve, H Al Gali, PY Hicher, F Laouafa, S Lignon, F Nicot, ... International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics …, 2011 | 113 | 2011 |
| Discrete element method (DEM) numerical modeling of double-twisted hexagonal mesh D Bertrand, F Nicot, P Gotteland, S Lambert Canadian Geotechnical Journal 45 (8), 1104-1117, 2008 | 113 | 2008 |
| The role of force chains in granular materials: from statics to dynamics L Zhang, NGH Nguyen, S Lambert, F Nicot, F Prunier, I Djeran-Maigre European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering 21 (7-8), 874-895, 2017 | 104 | 2017 |
| Modelling a geo-composite cell using discrete analysis D Bertrand, F Nicot, P Gotteland, S Lambert Computers and Geotechnics 32 (8), 564-577, 2005 | 104 | 2005 |
| A micro-mechanical investigation of bifurcation in granular materials F Nicot, F Darve International Journal of Solids and Structures 44 (20), 6630-6652, 2007 | 99 | 2007 |
| Material instability in granular assemblies from fundamentally different models L Sibille, F Nicot, FV Donze, F Darve International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics …, 2007 | 98 | 2007 |
| Bifurcations in granular media: macro-and micro-mechanics approaches F Darve, L Sibille, A Daouadji, F Nicot Comptes Rendus Mécanique 335 (9-10), 496-515, 2007 | 91 | 2007 |
| Diffuse and localized failure modes: two competing mechanisms F Nicot, F Darve International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics …, 2011 | 90 | 2011 |
| Experimental study of the impact response of geocells as components of rockfall protection embankments S Lambert, P Gotteland, F Nicot Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 9 (2), 459-467, 2009 | 80 | 2009 |
| The H-microdirectional model: accounting for a mesoscopic scale F Nicot, F Darve Mechanics of materials 43 (12), 918-929, 2011 | 79 | 2011 |
| On a common critical state in localized and diffuse failure modes H Zhu, HNG Nguyen, F Nicot, F Darve Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 95, 112-131, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| Failure in rate-independent granular materials as a bifurcation toward a dynamic regime F Nicot, L Sibille, F Darve International Journal of Plasticity 29, 136-154, 2012 | 78 | 2012 |
| DEM modeling of a flexible barrier impacted by a dry granular flow A Albaba, S Lambert, F Kneib, B Chareyre, F Nicot Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 50, 3029-3048, 2017 | 76 | 2017 |
