A local constitutive model for the discrete element method. Application to geomaterials and concrete

Published in Computational Particle Mechanics, Vol. 2 (2), pp. 139–160, 2015
doi: 10.1007/s40571-015-0044-9

Abstract

This paper presents a local constitutive model for modelling the linear and non linear behavior of soft and hard cohesive materials with the discrete element method (DEM). We present the results obtained in the analysis with the DEM of cylindrical samples of cement, concrete and shale rock materials under a uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) test, different triaxial tests, a uniaxial strain compaction (USC) test and a brazilian tensile strength (BTS) test. DEM results compare well with the experimental values in all cases.

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