https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714015009
Micro-mechanical investigation of the effect of fine content on mechanical behavior of gap graded granular materials using DEM
1 GeM Institute, University of Nantes, 58 rue Michel Ange, BP 420, 44606, Saint-Nazaire Cedex, France
2 MPLAB-Multisciplinary Physics Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadat-Baabda, Lebanon
* e-mail: habib.taha@etu.univ-nantes.fr
** e-mail: ngocson.nguyen@univ-nantes.fr
Published online: 30 June 2017
In this paper, we present a micro-mechanical study of the effect of fine content on the behavior of gap graded granular samples by using numerical simulations performed with the Discrete Element Method. Different samples with fine content varied from 0% to 30% are simulated. The role of fine content in reinforcing the granular skeleton and in supporting the external deviatoric stress is then brought into the light.
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