期刊
COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS
卷 132, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103974
关键词
Granular materials; X-ray micro-computed tomography; FDEM; Particle matching and tracking; Microscopic dynamics; Intra-particle contact force
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51825905, U1865204, 51779194]
- Science project of China Huaneng Group Co. Ltd [HNKJ18H26]
By combining X-ray micro-CT and hybrid finite-discrete element method, this study investigates the mechanical behaviors of granular materials. The research reveals that granular materials deform plastically through spatially localized zones, which control the macroscopic responses of the system. The proposed tool provides insights into bridging length scales from particle to granular system.
We propose an enhanced tool by combining X-ray micro-computed tomography test and hybrid finite and discrete element method to investigate the mechanical behaviors of granular materials. We first conduct a mintriaxial test of Ottawa sand under X-ray micro-CT. Then, spherical harmonic analysis is performed to characterize multi-scale morphological characteristics of particles and used in the particle matching. The particle tracking algorithm ensures the matching accuracy between particle configurations even at large strain intervals. To probe intra-particle contact force, we reconstruct the numerical sample from X-ray image data. Without calibrating material parameters, FDEM simulation quantitatively agrees with the overall response of Ottawa sand recorded in experiment. Moreover, the particle scale dynamics obtained by simulation are remarkably quantitatively consistent with experiment results. The proposed tool sheds new light on bridging length scales from particle to granular system. We find that the granular material deforms plastically through spatially localized zones of large nonaffine displacements, and the spatiotemporal evolution of these zones controls the macroscopic responses of the system. The force chain collapse is relevant to the large induced structural voids formation within the shear transformation zones. Furthermore, we discover a connection between particle stress fluctuations and particle plastic rearrangements in granular materials.
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