Mineral grains serve as the basic units of rocks. Understanding rock materials at the grain-
scale level allows us to unveil the underlying fundamental mechanisms, thereby facilitating …

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 …

High shear strength is crucial for asphalt pavements to resist permanent deformation at high
temperatures, which is largely determined by the skeletal structure of coarse aggregates. In …

Due to mechanical stress, bulk material is crushed and fines are produced. This can either
be desired in comminution processes or undesired in conveying and storage processes. In …

The mechanics and motion behavior of granular materials affect the production and life of
human beings. In order to study the influence of the sliding friction coefficients …

The work presents the first discrete element method (DEM) simulations of dynamic
compaction in the Proctor test. The aim of the simulations was to analyze the influence of …

Stress-induced anisotropy in calcareous sand can cause an uneven displacement in island
reef engineering. In this study, stiffness, as a quantitative indicator, is explored to reveal the …

When a confined granular material fractures under a high compressive load, its particle size
distribution (PSD) evolves to reach the fractal distribution. Small particles fill the volume …

The paper presents implementation of a viscoelastic boundary condition to Yade software.
The implemented boundary condition constraints linear displacements of bodies by applying …

Soil-rock mixture is a commonly used subgrade filling material in high-fill transportation
engineering with heterogeneous compositions and complicated mesostructure. A novel …