Evolution of pore characteristics in the 3D numerical direct shear test

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The quantitative analysis of the pore characteristics of granular materials has been often challenging due to arbitrarily shaped geometry of pores despite its significant implications. In this study, we investigate the size distribution and orientation of pores in dilative and contractive assemblies in the direct shear test by performing 3D discrete element simulations in conjunction with image processing of pore geometry. We quantitatively define unit pores by the Delaunay Tessellation followed by pore mergence and fitting them with ellipsoids. It is observed that the evolution-of pore size distribution depends on the dilatancy of assemblies. Results also show that the direction of principal stresses governs the orientations of pores during shearing, with respect to the size of pores. This study highlights that the dominant factors of the pore characteristics upon shearing are stress anisotropy and particle mobilization to make the internal structure stable. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Elsevier
Issue Date
2013-04
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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Computers and Geotechnics, v.49, pp.53 - 61

ISSN
0266-352X
DOI
10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.10.009
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/291946
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CE-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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