... 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only hydrophobicity microfocus X-ray computed tomography particle-scale behaviour pore water pressure shear behaviour testing & evaluation unsaturated soil In unsaturated soil mechanics, phase interfaces are dominated by non...

... interactions used to calibrate the potential function that was implemented in the CGMD modelling framework. clays compressibility computational geotechnics microstructure particle-scale behaviour Leverhulme Trust RPG-2017-055 EPSRC EP/T022213/1 EP/W032260/1 EP/P020194/1...

... dispersion, quick clay formation, surface erosion, clogging and clay liner degradation under leachate exposure. © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only clays fabric/structure of soils particle-scale behaviour Corresponding...

...·50 discrete-element modelling fabric/structure of soils particle-scale behaviour stiffness A_i inter-particle contact area for contact i A_R particle aspect ratio A₀ total contact area...

... particle rotations in the strong force chains and relative sliding in the weak contacts. It is observed that the energy transformation in sheared SRMs has a strong correlation with their microstructural evolution. discrete-element modelling fabric/structure of soils numerical modelling particle-scale...

... more particle crushing and plastic deformation than stronger grains (Ovalle et al., 2014). carbonate gravel granular materials laboratory tests particle crushing/crushability particle crushing strength particle shape particle size particle-scale behaviour In the laboratory...

... using the compression wave velocity normalised by the shear wave velocity. 12 04 2023 20 09 2023 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 clays cyclic exposure degree of saturation earthquakes laboratory tests liquefaction particle-scale behaviour pore pressures sands silts...

... been assumed here. 13 06 2022 12 06 2023 granular materials laboratory tests particle-scale behaviour rocks/rock mechanics stiffness Continuum models of soil behaviour have become ever more complex, but still struggle to cope with the multiple factors that influence soil...

..., for comparison against other studies of macroscopic direct interface shear where CNS conditions have been investigated more often. The test plan is shown in Table 1 . 30 09 2022 17 04 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 friction microscopy particle-scale...

... between a silicon tip and the two different faces of kaolinite platelets: pH = 6, tip radius = 120 nm, 1 mM KCl 13 12 2022 12 06 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 clay discrete-element modelling particle-scale behaviour This paper presents...

... in situ X-ray micro-tomography laboratory tests microscopy particle breakage particle crushing/crushability particle shape particle tracking particle-scale behaviour sands The particle breakage of a granular material that occurs when it is subjected to static and dynamic loads is a major...

... the real sand particles in terms of accuracy and similarity, and they were termed ‘realistic-shaped particles’ in this study. fluid–particle interaction realistic-shaped particle resolved CFD–DEM sedimentation particle-scale behaviour National Science Foundation of China 42072298...

... anisotropy indices. anisotropy discrete-element modelling fabric/structure of soils particle-scale behaviour shear strength 27 05 2023 07 02 2024 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article...

...-element method discrete-element modelling fabric/structure of soils morphological gene mutation numerical methods particle morphology particle-scale behaviour shear spherical harmonic analysis X-ray micro-computed tomography Although ubiquitous in geological and geotechnical engineering...

... classifications for each sample from Treasure Island 12 08 2021 22 04 2022 © 2022 Thomas Telford Ltd 2022 fabric/structure of soils micro-computed tomography particle-scale behaviour The novelty and objective of the study presented herein is that the mobilisation of fabric...

... was discussed from the perspective of the kinematic movements at particle level. deformation laboratory tests particle-scale behaviour sands shear strength Heterogeneous soils are ubiquitous in nature and man-made deposits. These soils are generally composed of a binary mixture of large particles...

... variance in the angular particle packings. laboratory tests numerical modelling particle-scale behaviour permeability seepage 19 12 2020 19 05 2021 © 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd 2021 A comprehensive understanding of seepage flow in cohesionless or granular soils is critical...

... function, the surface roughness was found to decrease dramatically with increasing normal load at first and then tended to be constant. 26 08 2020 25 01 2021 © 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd 2021 particle-scale behaviour sands Natural soil grains vary in shape and surface texture...

... data. The following questions are considered in this contribution. 11 11 2019 20 01 2021 © 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd 2021 discrete-element modelling dynamics fabric/structure of soils geophysics laboratory tests particle-scale behaviour stiffness...

... laboratory tests particle-scale behaviour permeability pore pressures tunnels & tunnelling The earth pressure balance (EPB) shield was first used for tunnelling in clayey soils, where an adequate consistency normally is given and thus additional soil conditioning is unnecessary (Budach...