Discrete element method (DEM)-based simulations are crucial for bridging macro and micro
research, particularly owing to the limitations of experimental methods. This paper reviews …

In this study oedometric compression tests of hydrocarbon coke, Fontainebleau sand and
silica sand are simulated in three dimensions using breakable particles. The method adapts …

Broken coal and rock (BCR) are an important component medium of the caving zone in the
goaf (or gob), as well as the main filling material of fault fracture zone and collapse column …

Discrete-element modelling has been used to investigate the micro mechanics of one-
dimensional compression. One-dimensional compression is modelled in three dimensions …

Ballast materials forming part of railway structures are subjected to cyclic loads. As a result
of these loads, ballast densification, aggregate degradation, and lateral spread of the ballast …

Breakage occurs in several particulate systems that are simulated using the discrete
element method (DEM), namely crushing and grinding as well as inadvertently in several …

During confined comminution of granular materials a power-law grain size distribution (gsd)
frequently evolves. We consider this power law as a hint for fractal topology if self-similar …

We propose a technique to simulate granular materials that exploits the dual strengths of
discrete and continuum treatments. Discrete element simulations provide unmatched levels …

Predictions of particle flow and compression breakage of non-round rock passing through
an industrial scale cone crusher are presented. The DEM (Discrete Element Method) particle …

Previous work by the authors using the discrete-element method (DEM) has used the
octahedral shear stress within a sphere together with a Weibull distribution of strengths and …