Effect of particle shape on the progressive failure of shield tunnel face in granular soils by coupled FDM-DEM method

ZY Yin, P Wang, F Zhang - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The face failure of tunnels has been extensively studied. However, the effect of particle
shape on the failure process still remains unclear. In this paper, the progressive face failure …

Clogging effect of fines in seepage erosion by using CFD–DEM

H Xiong, Z Zhang, X Sun, Z Yin, X Chen - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
The macroscopic phenomena and microscopic origin of penetrative migration and retention
of fine particles in porous skeleton under the action of seepage are not yet clear. Migrating …

Investigating the effect of flow direction on suffusion and its impacts on gap-graded granular soils

H Xiong, ZY Yin, J Zhao, Y Yang - Acta Geotechnica, 2021 - Springer
The flow direction is generally different from the gravity direction in geotechnical structures
or slopes, the effect of which during suffusion remains unclear. This paper presents a …

Investigating effect of particle shape on suffusion by CFD-DEM modeling

H Xiong, H Wu, X Bao, J Fei - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Suffusion is one of the most common causes of hydraulic geological structure failure. During
the suffusion process, particle shape is a significant factor to affect the micro-structure and …

Micro-mechanical analysis of soil–structure interface behavior under constant normal stiffness condition with DEM

P Wang, ZY Yin, WH Zhou, W Chen - Acta Geotechnica, 2021 - Springer
The mechanical behavior at soil–structure interface (SSI) has a crucial influence on the
safety and stability of geotechnical structures. However, the behavior of SSI under constant …

Study of the dynamics of water-enriched debris flow and its impact on slit-type barriers by a modified SPH–DEM coupling approach

H Xiong, M Hao, D Zhao, Y Qiu, X Chen - Acta Geotechnica, 2024 - Springer
Slit-type barriers serve as active countermeasures against debris flow. However, the
dynamic interaction between debris flows and slit-type barriers is extremely complicated. To …

DEM analysis of small and small-to-medium strain shear modulus of sands

NSC Reddy, H He, K Senetakis - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the significant progresses in discrete-based numerical studies of granular materials,
most efforts have been placed in the study of large deformation problems and there are …

Multiple arching in cohesion–friction soils: Insights from deformation behavior and failure mechanisms using FEM-SPH approach

H Xiong, Y Qiu, XT Lin, X Chen, D Huang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil arching is a common phenomenon in many underground engineering problems. This
paper develops a coupling approach involving the Finite Element Method (FEM) and …

Bayesian model selection for sand with generalization ability evaluation

YF Jin, ZY Yin, WH Zhou… - International Journal for …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Current studies have focused on selecting constitutive models using optimization methods
or selecting simple formulas or models using Bayesian methods. In contrast, this paper …

Influences of buried depth and grain size distribution on seepage erosion in granular soils around tunnel by coupled CFD-DEM approach

JG Qian, WY Li, ZY Yin, Y Yang - Transportation Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
For tunnels built in the saturated silty sand ground, fine particles may be migrated into
tunnels through seams of tunnel segmental joints and then seepage erosion is triggered …