DEM-Aided Discovery of the Relationship between Energy Dissipation and Shear Band Formation Considering the Effects of Particle Rolling Resistance
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 9
Abstract
The importance of particle rolling resistance to the mechanical behavior of granular materials is well recognized and has been a topic subject to intensive discrete element method (DEM) investigation over the last two decades. However, little effort has been made to explore the energy input and dissipation behavior under the influence of varying degrees of interparticle rolling resistance, especially in relation to the development of shear band. This paper aims to eliminate this deficiency through a comprehensive two-dimensional DEM study on the relationship between the particle-scale energy dissipation and shear band development. Novel insights into the energy allocation at the small- and large-strain stages, and the development of localized bands of sliding and rolling dissipations, as well as the anisotropy of accumulated sliding and rolling dissipations within the shear band are presented for the first time.
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Acknowledgments
This research was financially supported by the National Science Foundation of China for Young Investigators with grant number 51109182 and Distinguished Young Scientists with grant number 51025932, and with research grant number KLE-TJGE-B1104 from the Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering at Tongji University.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 139 • Issue 9 • September 2013
Pages: 1512 - 1527
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Received: May 2, 2012
Accepted: Jan 8, 2013
Published online: Jan 10, 2013
Published in print: Sep 1, 2013
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