Yade documentation

V Smilauer, V Angelidakis, E Catalano, R Caulk… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Yade is an extensible open-source framework for discrete numerical models, focused on the
Discrete Element Method. The computation parts are written in c++ using a flexible object …

A discrete numerical model involving partial fluid-solid coupling to describe suffusion effects in soils

RA Hosn, L Sibille, N Benahmed, B Chareyre - Computers and Geotechnics, 2018 - Elsevier
Suffusion is a particular case of internal erosion in soils. It is a particle-scale mechanism
involving the selective erosion of fine particles within the matrix of coarse particles under the …

Suffusion-induced deformation and microstructural change of granular soils: a coupled CFD–DEM study

Z Hu, Y Zhang, Z Yang - Acta Geotechnica, 2019 - Springer
Behaviour of granular soils subjected to internal erosion involves complex coupling between
solid–fluid interaction, skeleton deformation and microstructural evolutions. This paper …

DEM analysis of monotonic and cyclic behaviors of sand based on critical state soil mechanics framework

X Gu, J Zhang, X Huang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2020 - Elsevier
A series of monotonic and cyclic triaxial shearing tests on Toyoura sand are simulated by
discrete element method (DEM) incorporating rolling resistance. The input parameters are …

How particle shape affects the critical state, triggering of instability and dilatancy of granular materials–results from a DEM study

HBK Nguyen, MM Rahman, AB Fourie - Géotechnique, 2021 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The discrete-element method (DEM) has gained popularity for developing a qualitative
understanding of soil behaviour under a critical state soil mechanics (CSSM) framework …

Historical evolution and new trends for soil-intruder interaction modeling

SRM Pirrone, E Del Dottore… - Bioinspiration & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Soil is a crucial resource for life on Earth. Every activity, whether natural or man-made, that
interacts with the sub or deep soil can affect the land at large scales (eg geological risks) …

[HTML][HTML] YADE-An extensible framework for the interactive simulation of multiscale, multiphase, and multiphysics particulate systems

V Angelidakis, K Boschi, K Brzeziński, RA Caulk… - Computer Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
This contribution presents the key elements of YADE, an extensible open-source framework
for dynamic simulations. During the past 19 years, YADE has evolved from “Yet Another …

Physical model tests and discrete element simulation of shield tunnel face stability in anisotropic granular media

X Lü, S Zeng, Y Zhao, M Huang, S Ma, Z Zhang - Acta Geotechnica, 2020 - Springer
The stability of excavation face in shield tunneling plays a key role for construction safety.
The ignorance of soil anisotropy in most previous studies would induce inaccurate stability …

CFD-DEM modeling of suffusion effect on undrained behavior of internally unstable soils

Z Hu, ZX Yang, YD Zhang - Computers and geotechnics, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of suffusion on the undrained behavior of an internally
unstable soil using the coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method …

Precision and computational costs of Level Set-Discrete Element Method (LS-DEM) with respect to DEM

J Duriez, S Bonelli - Computers and Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Level Set-Discrete Element Method (LS-DEM) extends DEM towards arbitrary
grain shapes by storing distance-to-surface values on a grid for each Discrete Element (DE) …