Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

A fundamental understanding of the underlying physics of granular (particulate) systems is
not only of academic interest, but is also highly relevant for industrial applications …

This paper presents a novel method to generate realistic packings for discrete modelling of
granular materials. To generate a packing of 2D dense sample in a container of arbitrary …

The inability of simulating the grain shapes of granular media accurately has been an
outstanding issue preventing particle-based methods such as discrete element method from …

The discrete element method (DEM) is widely used to model a range of processes across
many industries. This paper reviews current DEM models for several common …

The discrete element method (DEM) is developed in this study as a general and robust
technique for unified two-dimensional modelling of the mechanical behaviour of solid and …

The rheological behavior of non-cohesive soils results from the arrangement and complex
geometry of the grains. Numerical models based on discrete element modeling provides an …

A flexible pavement structure consists of mainly bonded or unbonded granular materials. In
the simulation of the behavior of these pavement materials, Discrete Element Method (DEM) …

Although particle corner breakage has been proved to be the primary mode of particle
breakage for coral sand, current studies of pile penetration have continued to present the …

This paper presents a novel method of generation of random realistic sand grains for use in
three dimensional (3D) DEM simulations. Based on the concept of Fourier descriptors for …