Category Archives: FEM-DEM

Triaxial shearing of an assembly of sand grains is numerically simulated using X-ray CT imaging and FEM concurrently. The actual morphology of particles, geometric contacts, and arrangement of solid, void phases are captured using X-ray CT imaging. A novel framework is introduced wherein a realistic assembly of sand grains is discretized using shell-based finite elementsContinue reading “Triaxial shearing of sands using X-ray CT imaging and FEM”