Granular Geomechanics provides a comprehensive exploration of soils as granular materials and the manner in which a soil’s engineering properties form grain-scale mechanics. The book focuses on granular composition and packing, grain interactions, discrete granular modeling and continuum constitutive modeling.
1. Cover - p. ii 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. ii 4. Dedication - p. ii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Foreword - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. 1: Fabric, Stress, and Strain - p. 1 9. Abstract - p. 1 10. 1.1 Particle size and shape - p. 1 11. 1.2 Granular fabric - p. 3 12. 1.3 Granular stress - p. 28 13. 1.4 Granular deformation - p. 43 14. 2: Contact Interaction - p. 65 15. 3: Numerical Simulation - p. 101 16. Abstract - p. 101 17. 3.1 Numerical methods for discrete particle systems - p. 101 18. 3.2 Discrete element method - p. 120 19. 3.3 Stiffness matrix methods - p. 130 20. 3.4 Contact dynamics method - p. 143 21. 4: Loading, Movement, and Strength - p. 153 22. Abstract - p. 153 23. 4.1 Deformation and strength - p. 153 24. 4.2 Trends in movements and rotations - p. 161 25. 4.3 Coordination number, redundancy and contact longevity - p. 178 26. 4.4 Anisotropy induced by loading - p. 187 27. 4.5 Density distribution of contact force - p. 199 28. 4.6 Effects of macro- and micro-scale characteristics - p. 202 29. 4.7 Localization and patterning - p. 208 30. Permissions - p. 229 31. Notation - p. 231 32. Bibliography - p. 233 33. Index - p. 255
Granular Geomechanics provides a comprehensive exploration of soils as granular materials and the manner in which a soil’s engineering properties form grain-scale mechanics. The book focuses on granular composition and packing, grain interactions, discrete granular modeling and continuum constitutive modeling.
1. Cover - p. ii 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. ii 4. Dedication - p. ii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Foreword - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. 1: Fabric, Stress, and Strain - p. 1 9. Abstract - p. 1 10. 1.1 Particle size and shape - p. 1 11. 1.2 Granular fabric - p. 3 12. 1.3 Granular stress - p. 28 13. 1.4 Granular deformation - p. 43 14. 2: Contact Interaction - p. 65 15. 3: Numerical Simulation - p. 101 16. Abstract - p. 101 17. 3.1 Numerical methods for discrete particle systems - p. 101 18. 3.2 Discrete element method - p. 120 19. 3.3 Stiffness matrix methods - p. 130 20. 3.4 Contact dynamics method - p. 143 21. 4: Loading, Movement, and Strength - p. 153 22. Abstract - p. 153 23. 4.1 Deformation and strength - p. 153 24. 4.2 Trends in movements and rotations - p. 161 25. 4.3 Coordination number, redundancy and contact longevity - p. 178 26. 4.4 Anisotropy induced by loading - p. 187 27. 4.5 Density distribution of contact force - p. 199 28. 4.6 Effects of macro- and micro-scale characteristics - p. 202 29. 4.7 Localization and patterning - p. 208 30. Permissions - p. 229 31. Notation - p. 231 32. Bibliography - p. 233 33. Index - p. 255
