| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R91588/01 |
| Title: |
Soil Mechanics at the Grain Scale |
| Principal Investigator: |
Thornton, Dr C |
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Civil Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2003 |
Ends: |
31 December 2006 |
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193,843
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The research proposal is concerned with the micromechanical behaviour of granular media under general 3D states of stress and the identification of how the physics occurring at the grain scale relates to the macroscopic phenomenological behaviour. To this end, it is proposed to perform numerical simulations (Discrete Element Method) of general 3D experiments in order to explore the underlying physics responsible for (i) the small scale stiffness (ii) the origins of the mobilised shear strength and (iii) the physical processes occurring at the grain scale that lead to instabilities, strain localisation and shear banding.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |