Abstract
Obtaining lighter materials, with more toughness and higher impact resistance, is getting larger is becoming of high interest in the current industry. It is possible to find lots of examples of different materials inspired in nature with gradient properties that are used for the [...]
Abstract
Validation and/or calibration of distinct element method (DEM) models is usually performed by comparing element test simulation results with the corresponding stress-strain relationships observed in the laboratory [1]. However, such a validation procedure performed at the macroscopic [...]