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 …

The disposal of waste tire has caused a significant health and environmental problem
around the world. Nearly 1 billion tons of tires are discarded each year. Among the …

Many geological materials, such as shale, mudstone, carbonate rock, limestone and rock
salt are multi-porosity porous media in which pores of different scales may co-exist in the …

There is a growing interest in developing environmentally-friendly substitution for Portland
cement in soil stabilization. This study evaluated the feasibility of using volcanic ash (VA) …

This paper presents a coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics and Discrete Element Method
(CFD–DEM) approach to simulate the behaviour of fluid–particle interaction for applications …

This report explores the effects of particle shape and content of fines on the shear behavior
of sand-fines mixtures using a two-dimensional discrete element method. The contributions …

SUMMARY A hierarchical multiscale framework is proposed to model the mechanical
behaviour of granular media. The framework employs a rigorous hierarchical coupling …

Many problems in geotechnical engineering involve large movements or rotations,
examples include natural processes such as landslides, and man-made processes such as …

The rolling resistance model has been employed in the discrete element modelling in
geomechanics, as an alternative computationally efficient approach to capture the …

Particle morphology plays a key role in affecting physical and mechanical behaviors of
granular media. While various mathematical approaches and shape descriptors have been …