Download or read book Mechanics of Granular Media and Its Application in Civil Enginenering written by I.I. Kandaurov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematic approach to the construction of a probabilistic simulation model for distribution of pressure in granular media. Pressure fields & compressive deformations from that model presented for a thrustless granular medium & homogeneous or stratified earth foundation. General solutions incorporating partial cases of thrustless & thrusting granular media.

Download or read book Mechanics of Granular Materials An Introduction written by K. Iwashita and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook compiles reports written by about 35 internationally recognized authorities, and covers a range of interests for geotechnical engineers. Topics include: fundamentals for mechanics of granular materials; continuum theory of granular materials; and discrete element approaches.

Download or read book Views on Microstructures in Granular Materials written by Pasquale Giovine and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This contributed volume provides an up-to-date overview of the mechanics of granular materials, ranging from sparse media to soils. With chapters exploring state-of-the-art theoretical, experimental, and applied trends in the study of granular matter in various states, readers will be motivated to learn about the current challenges and potential avenues of exploration in this active area of research. Including a variety of perspectives, this volume will be a valuable reference for audiences in a number of fields. Specific topics covered include: X-ray tomography techniques for analyzing sand Evaluation of effective stress in unsaturated soils Hyper-plasticity Wave propagation in granular systems Partly saturated porous media Multi-scale approaches to the dynamics of sparse media Views on Microstructures in Granular Materials is an ideal resource for PhD students and researchers in applied mathematics, solid-state physics, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Download or read book Applied Mechanics Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Granular Geomaterials Dissipative Mechanics written by Etienne Frossard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a new vision in geomechanics which will be of interest to researchers and engineers. It begins with the key theoretical features of dissipative structures induced by elementary contact friction within geomaterials in slow motion, their multi-scale expression in key tensor relations and associated features including strain localization and shear banding.

Download or read book Granular Geomechanics written by Matthew R. Kuhn and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Provides a coherent presentation on granular geomechanics for engineers Presents essential background information in each chapter, along with a list of works for further study Uses tensor notation, also including a brief explanation of conventions and operations in the book's appendix

Download or read book Behaviour of Granular Materials written by Bernard Cambou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a complete and comprehensive analysis of the behaviour of granular materials including the description of experimental results, the different ways to define the global behaviour from local phenomena at the particle scale, the various modellings which can be used for a D.E.M. analysis to solve practical problems and finally the analysis of strain localisation. The concepts developed in this book are applicable to many kinds of granular materials considered in civil, mechanical or chemical engineering.

Download or read book Physics of Dry Granular Media written by H.J. Herrmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dry granular materials, such as sand, sugar and powders, can be poured into a container like a liquid and can also form a pile, resisting gravity like a solid, which is why they can be regarded as a fourth state of matter, neither solid nor liquid. This book focuses on defining the physics of dry granular media in a systematic way, providing a collection of articles written by recognised experts. The physics of this field is new and full of challenges, but many questions (such as kinetic theories, plasticity, continuum and discrete modelling) also require the strong participation of mechanical and chemical engineers, soil mechanists, geologists and astrophysicists. The book gathers into a single volume the relevant concepts from all these disciplines, enabling the reader to gain a rapid understanding of the foundations, as well as the open questions, of the physics of granular materials. The contributors have been chosen particularly for their ability to explain new concepts, making the book attractive to students or researchers contemplating a foray into the field. The breadth of the treatment, on the other hand, makes the book a useful reference for scientists who are already experienced in the subject.

Download or read book International Conference on Frontiers of Energy Environmental Materials and Civil Engineering FEEMCE 2013 written by Roger D. W. Zheng and published by DEStech Publications, Inc. This book was released on 2013-12-26 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objective of FEEMCE 2013 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Energy, Environmental Materials and Civil Engineering. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.

Download or read book IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics of Granular and Porous Materials written by N.A. Fleck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes the Proceedings of the IUT AM Symposium on Mechanics of Granular and Porous Materials, held in Cambridge from 15th to 17th July 1996. The objectives were: 1. To review existing experimental results and practical phenomena on the flow and compaction of particulate media; 2. To review the current state of constitutive models, and their implementation for predicting the macroscopic response. 3. Identification of the shortcomings of existing models and procedures in understanding practical phenomena. The Symposium brought together the research communities of solid mechanics, materials science, geomechanics, chemical engineering and mathematics to review current knowledge of the flow and compaction of granular and porous media. The meeting emphasised the development and use of constitutive laws to model practical processes such as mixing, drainage and drying, compaction of metal and ceramic powders and soils, and instabilities associated with these processes. A common theme was to develop constitutive models from an understanding of the underlying physical mechanisms of deformation and fracture. It was particularly rewarding to find that the separate research communities came together during the meeting and came to a consensus as to the main mechanisms of deformation and failure of particulate and porous solids.

Download or read book Granular Materials at Meso scale written by Bernard Cambou and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granular Materials at Meso-scale: Towards a Change of Scale Approach proposes a new way for developing an efficient change of scale—considering a meso-scale defined at the level of local arrays of particles. The change of scale is known to be a very interesting way to improve the modelling of mechanical behavior granular materials. In the past, studies have been proposed using a micro-scale at the grain level to perform change of scale, but limitations have been proven for these approaches. Definition and analysis of the phases are detailed, constituted by sets of meso-domains sharing the same texture characteristics. The authors propose a local constitutive model for the phases, allowing the constitutive model of the representative elementary volume to be definied from a change-of-scale approach and, finally, presenting the validation of obtained modeling on cyclic loadings. Proposes a new way for developing an efficient change of scale—considering a meso-scale Explores local meso-domains and texture characteristics Defines meso-strain and stress Analyzes the evolution of these variables and texture characteristics in relation to the applied loading

Download or read book Advances in Micromechanics of Granular Materials written by H.H. Shen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 45 papers presented in this volume all share the common goal of constructing continuum models based on the micro behaviours of granular materials. Computer simulations continue to provide observations to aid modelling, while new experimental works begin to show promise for increased understanding in this area. Theoretical studies have extended into transitions between the rapid and quasi-static regimes and the fluid and solid mixture flows. Exciting new topics discussed in this volume include: concepts of a measure for randomness in quasi-static granular materials, which is analogous to the granular temperature in a rapid flow; scaling effects in granular media and their implications in both physical and computer simulations; instability; and boundary effects on heterogeneous behavior in simple flow configurations, which are posing new challenges for mathematical modelling. The volume will prove indispensable reading for researchers interested in the current developments in the fundamental aspects of mechanics of granular materials.

Download or read book Fundamentals of Discrete Element Methods for Rock Engineering Theory and Applications written by Lanru Jing and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-07-18 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents some fundamental concepts behind the basic theories and tools of discrete element methods (DEM), its historical development, and its wide scope of applications in geology, geophysics and rock engineering. Unlike almost all books available on the general subject of DEM, this book includes coverage of both explicit and implicit DEM approaches, namely the Distinct Element Methods and Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) for both rigid and deformable blocks and particle systems, and also the Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) approach for fluid flow and solute transport simulations. The latter is actually also a discrete approach of importance for rock mechanics and rock engineering. In addition, brief introductions to some alternative approaches are also provided, such as percolation theory and Cosserat micromechanics equivalence to particle systems, which often appear hand-in-hand with the DEM in the literature. Fundamentals of the particle mechanics approach using DEM for granular media is also presented. · Presents the fundamental concepts of the discrete models for fractured rocks, including constitutive models of rock fractures and rock masses for stress, deformation and fluid flow · Provides a comprehensive presentation on discrete element methods, including distinct elements, discontinuous deformation analysis, discrete fracture networks, particle mechanics and Cosserat representation of granular media · Features constitutive models of rock fractures and fracture system characterization methods detaiing their significant impacts on the performance and uncertainty of the DEM models

Download or read book The Physics Of The Deformation Of Densely Packed Granular Materials written by Maarten Anton (Curt) Koenders and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is of interest for those that are concerned professionally with granular materials: civil engineers, geologists and geophysicists, chemical engineers, pharmacists, food technologists, agriculturalists, biologists and astronomers.Granular materials play a role in nearly all human activities. For example, users of sand, from children in sandpits to sophisticated geotechnical engineers, know that it is a fascinating — and to some extent, unpredictable — material. In addition to sand, which itself may be of many compositions, there are various types of materials including gravel, fine-particle aggregates as employed in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, dust, crushed rock and granules that occur in a domestic environment, such as breakfast cereals, sugar, salt and (instant or ground) coffee granules.The aim of the book is to present a theory that explains the physics behind the phenomena during the deformation of densely packed granular media. The physics that describes such features is rather subtle and is developed from the micro to macro level (the latter is the continuum mechanics level that is used in practical applications). It requires the analysis of anisotropy and the heterogeneity of the packing evaluated against the background of a frictional inter-particle interaction.

Download or read book Soil Mechanics Fact Finding Survey Permeability Testing written by Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Modern Mechanics and Applications written by Nguyen Tien Khiem and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 1137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings book includes a selection of refereed papers presented at the International Conference on Modern Mechanics and Applications (ICOMMA) 2020, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on December 2–4, 2020. The contributions highlight recent trends and applications in modern mechanics. Subjects covered include biological systems; damage, fracture, and failure; flow problems; multiscale multi-physics problems; composites and hybrid structures; optimization and inverse problems; lightweight structures; mechatronics; dynamics; numerical methods and intelligent computing; additive manufacturing; natural hazards modeling. The book is intended for academics, including graduate students and experienced researchers interested in recent trends in modern mechanics and application.

Download or read book Micro to MACRO Mathematical Modelling in Soil Mechanics written by Pasquale Giovine and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special issue collects selected contributions (excluding general lectures) of a Symposium on "Micro to MACRO Mathematical Modelling in Soil Mechanics", which took place at the University of Reggio Calabria, Italy, from May 29th to June 1st, 2018. The Symposium provided an opportunity to enhance the scientific debate on the construction of mathematical models for the description of the physical behaviour of soils, as well as on the suggestions provided by the micro-mechanical observation of the matter. The focus was on the comparison between the appropriateness of models and the need of mathematics to obtain rigorous results, which involves know-how from applied mathematical physics, geotechnical engineering and mechanics of solids. The contributions were selected by the Editors and the other Members of the Scientific Committee of the Symposium: Gianfranco Capriz (Pisa, Roma), Claudio di Prisco (Milan), Wolfgang Ehlers (Stuttgart), James T. Jenkins (Cornell), Stefan Luding (Twente), David Muir Wood (Dundee), Kenichi Soga (Berkeley).