Single-particle crushing behaviour of carbonate sands studied by X-ray microtomography and a combined finite–discrete element method

B Zhou, Q Ku, C Li, H Wang, Y Dong, Z Cheng - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
This paper investigates the particle breakage behaviour of a carbonate sand based on
single-particle compression experiments with in situ X-ray microtomography scanning (μCT) …

3D DEM insights into the effect of particle overall regularity on macro and micro mechanical behaviours of dense sands

JY Nie, ZJ Cao, DQ Li, YF Cui - Computers and Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
Particle shape affects the mechanical properties of sands, but the underlying micro-
mechanisms are not yet explored, at least partially, due to difficulties in accessing the …

The micro-mechanical behaviour of sand–rubber mixtures under shear: A numerical study based on X-ray micro-tomography

Z Cheng, J Wang, B Zhou, W Xiong - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
A CT image-based discrete element model (DEM) incorporating the realistic particle
morphology of sand grains was developed to investigate the micro-mechanical behaviours …

[HTML][HTML] The role of particle shape in the mechanical behavior of granular soils: A state-of-the-art review

MH Hatefi, M Arabani, M Payan, PZ Ranjbar… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Shape of soil grains has a major role in the characterization of its behavior. This important
feature has an appreciable impact on all mechanical properties of granular soils. In order to …

Data-driven constitutive modelling of granular soils considering multiscale particle morphology

W Xiong, J Wang, M Wu - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper adopts a micro-tomography (μCT)-based discrete element method (DEM)
technique to generate a database for the constitutive modelling of granular soils. A large …

Gene mutation of particle morphology through spherical harmonic-based principal component analysis

W Xiong, J Wang - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Many techniques are developed to reconstruct virtual particles of granular soils. However,
the generation of realistic virtual particles involving gene mutations of particle morphology …

Effects of morphological gene decay and mutation on the micro–macro mechanical behaviours of granular soils

W Xiong, J Wang, M Wu - Géotechnique, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Particle morphology is multi-scale in nature. To investigate the effects of particle morphology
at a specific length scale on the macro–micro mechanical behaviours of granular soils …

Deep transfer learning-aided constitutive modelling of granular soils considering out-of-range particle morphology

W Xiong, J Wang - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on a large discrete element method (DEM) simulation database, a novel data-driven
constitutive model of granular soils was established using the long short-term memory …

[HTML][HTML] Capability of discrete element method to investigate the macro-micro mechanical behaviours of granular soils considering different stress conditions and …

W Xiong, J Wang, Z Cheng - Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Discrete element method (DEM) has been widely utilised to model the mechanical
behaviours of granular materials. However, with simplified particle morphology or rheology …

[HTML][HTML] Isotropic compression behavior of granular assembly with non-spherical particles by X-ray micro-computed tomography and discrete element modeling

N Zhang, A Hedayat, S Han, R Yang, HGB Sosa… - Journal of Rock …, 2021 - Elsevier
The particle morphological properties, such as sphericity, concavity and convexity, of a
granular assembly significantly affect its macroscopic and microscopic compressive …