Granular Matter

Article	Citations
Powder spreading in laser-powder bed fusion process	45
Solid–fluid sequentially coupled simulation of internal erosion of soils due to seepage	31
Stress based multi-contact model for discrete-element simulations	27
The tribological behavior of iron tailing sand grain contacts in dry, water and biopolymer immersed states	27
Evaluating the particle rolling effect on the characteristic features of granular material under the critical state soil mechanics framework	26
Particle shape effects on the shear behaviors of granular assemblies: irregularity and elongation	25
Effects of particle morphology on the minimum and maximum void ratios of granular materials	25
Influence of various DEM shape representation methods on packing and shearing of granular assemblies	25
Deposition morphology of granular column collapses	21
Data-driven discovery of interpretable causal relations for deep learning material laws with uncertainty propagation	21
Particle shape effect on the shear banding in DEM-simulated sands	20
Effects of particle gradation and geometry on the pore characteristics and water retention curves of granular soils: a combined DEM and PNM investigation	19
Effects of grain morphology on suffusion susceptibility of cohesionless soils	19
Linking shape and rotation of grains during triaxial compression of sand	18
3D DEM analysis of soil excavation test on lunar regolith simulant	18
Using a proper orthogonal decomposition to elucidate features in granular flows	18
Quantitative distribution characteristics of force chains for asphalt mixtures with three skeleton structures using discrete element method	17
DEM study on the response of fresh concrete under vibration	17
Soft particles reinforce robotic grippers: robotic grippers based on granular jamming of soft particles	17
Damping prediction of particle dampers for structures under forced vibration using effective fields	17
On the contact problem of soft-rigid interfaces: incorporation of Mindlin-Deresiewicz and self-deformation concepts	16
Triaxial compression behavior of 3D printed and natural sands	15
Analysis of contact force characteristics of vibratory finishing within pipe-cavity	14
Investigating the effects of elongation and flatness on the shear behaviour of breakable granular materials via the DEM	14
A comparative assessment and unification of bond models in DEM simulations	14

Stress-dilatancy behaviour of fouled ballast: experiments and DEM modelling	14
The soft discrete element method	13
Beverloo law for hopper flow derived from self-similar profiles	13
A modified method for morphology quantification and generation of 2D granular particles	13
Effect of the granular material on the maximum holding force of a granular gripper	12
Comparative study of high-pressure fluid flow in densely packed granules using a 3D CFD model in a continuous medium and a simplified 2D DEM-CFD approach	12
Estimation of contact forces of granular materials under uniaxial compression based on a machine learning model	11
Porosity distribution of moving burden layers in the blast furnace throat	11
Effect of the intermediate principal stress on the mechanical responses of binary granular mixtures with different fines contents	11
Wave transmission in 2D nonlinear granular-solid interfaces, including rotational and frictional effects	11
A new DEM model to simulate the abrasion behavior of irregularly-shaped coarse granular aggregates	11
Structural evolution of granular systems: theory	11
A semi-empirical re-evaluation of the influence of state on elastic stiffness in granular materials	11
DEM modelling of railway ballast using the Conical Damage Model: a comprehensive parametrisation strategy	10
Un-jamming due to energetic instability: statics to dynamics	10
A granular thermometer	10
DEM numerical tests on dry granular specimens: the role of strain rate under evolving/unsteady conditions	10
An improved index of mixing degree and its effect on the strength of binary geotechnical mixtures	10
Influence of grain shape on stress-dilatancy parameters	10
Characterization and modeling of granular jamming: models for mechanical design	10
Coriolis-induced instabilities in centrifuge modeling of granular flow	10
Flow resistance in the transition from dense to dilute granular-fluid flows	10
Investigation of the interaction of particulate matter and its separation from the gas flow in a multi-channel cyclone with recirculation	10
Projectile oblique impact on granular media: penetration depth and dynamic process	10
Numerical analysis of capillary bridges and coalescence in a triplet of spheres	10
Meso-scale signatures of inertial transitions in granular materials	10
Fine material migration modelled by cellular automata	9
Analysis of the stiffness and damping characteristics of compacted sand-in-fines granular composites: a multiscale investigation	9
DEM simulation of small strain and large strain behaviors of granular soils with a coherent contact model	9
Constant speed penetration into granular materials: drag forces from the quasistatic to inertial regime	9
The collapse of a granular column onto an erodible bed: dynamics and morphology scaling	9
Numerical study on movements of soil particles forming clogging layer during vacuum preloading of dredged slurry	9
Effects of plastic fines content on the engineering properties of cement-stabilized sands	9
Deep learning assisted particle identification in photoelastic images of granular flows	9
DEM simulations of agglomerates impact breakage using Timoshenko beam bond model	9
Stress field equations for a disk subjected to self-equilibrated arbitrary loads: revisited	8
Stress transmission in entangled granular structures	8
Elastic constants obtained analytically from microscopic features for regularly arranged elliptical particle assembly	8
A discrete element framework for modeling the mechanical behaviour of snow—Part I: Mechanical behaviour and numerical model	8
Evaluation of sand–geomembrane interface behavior using discrete element method	8
The spherical primitive and perlin noise method to recreate realistic aggregate shapes	8
Influence of particle size and packing on the thermal conductivity of carbonate sand	8
The relationship between contact network and energy dissipation in granular materials	8
Research and application on large-scale coarse-grained soil filling characteristics and gradation optimization	8
The influence of image analysis methodology on the calculation of granular temperature for granular flows	8
Systematic effect of particle roundness/angularity on macro- and microscopic behavior of granular materials	8
Investigating the rheology of fluidized and non-fluidized gas-particle beds: implications for the dynamics of geophysical flows and substrate entrainment	8
Mechanism study of the evolution of quasi-elasticity of granular soil during cyclic loading	8
Pore space evolution of granular assemblies under shear: an experimental study using X-ray tomography	7
Compaction of bi-dispersed granular packing: analogy with chemical thermodynamics	7

Stiffness and strength of an artificially cemented sand cured under stress	7
On the scaling of fragmentation and energy dissipation in collisions of dust aggregates	7
Horizontal penetration of a finite-length intruder in granular materials	7
DEM model calibration and contact force network analysis of sand-EPS (rigid-soft) granular system subjected to one-dimensional compression	7
An updated critical state model by incorporating inertial effects for granular material in solid–fluid transition regime	7
Fluidization of soil under increasing seepage flow: an energy perspective through CFD-DEM coupling	7
Incremental shear strain chain: a mesoscale concept for slip lines in 2D granular materials	7
Intruders cooperatively interact with a wall into granular matter	7
Quantifying three-dimensional sphericity indices of irregular fine particles from 2D images through sequential sieving tests	7
DEM study of an “avatar” railway ballast with real particle shape, fabric and contact mechanics	6
Strength criteria at anisotropic principal directions expressed in closed form by interparticle parameters for elliptical particle assembly	6
A representation learning framework for detection and characterization of dead versus strain localization zones from pre- to post-failure	6
On regular and random two-dimensional packing of crosses	6
Micromechanical investigation of the shear behaviors of sand‒rubber mixtures using a multibody meshfree method	6
Effect of particle breakage-induced frictional weakening on the dynamics of landslides	6
DEM parameter acquisition and calibration of corn stalk non-spherical particles using particle trajectory tracking	6
CFD-DEM coupled calculation of entrained air and particles movement characteristics during particles flow impacting the wall process	6
Calibration of DEM macro and micro parameters via XGBoost method	6
What is shape? Characterizing particle morphology with genetic algorithms and deep generative models	6
Simulating shearing behavior of realistic granular soils using physics engine	6
On the determination and evolution of fabric in representative elementary volumes for a sand specimen in triaxial compression	6
Linking the macro-scale response of granular materials during drained cyclic loading to the evolution of micro-structure, contact network and energy components	6
How vorticity and agglomeration control shear strength in soft cohesive granular flows	6
The concept of the mobilized domain: how it can explain and predict the forces exerted by a cohesive granular avalanche on an obstacle	6
One-dimensional compression characteristics of uniformly graded sand under high stresses	6
Influence of hydrate participation on the mechanical behaviour of fine-grained sediments under one-dimensional compression: a DEM study	6
Numerical analysis of the influence of the near ground turbulence on the wind-sand flow under the natural wind	6
A stress dilatancy relationship for coarse-grained soils incorporating particle breakage	6
DEM analysis of undrained cyclic behavior and resistance of saturated dense sand without stress reversals	6
DEM modelling of cone penetration tests in lunar soil	6
A reduced-dimensional explicit discrete element solver for simulating granular mixing problems	5
Effects of particle shape on triaxial compression behaviours of realistic ballast particles based on M-A-V-L particle shape evaluation system	5
Temperature and strain rate effects of jammed granular systems: experiments and modelling	5
The MFBD-DEM coupling simulation approach for the investigation of granules screening efficiency in 4-DOF Flip-Flow Screen	5
A novel physical modeling technique for slope failure caused by strength reduction: comparisons with DEM simulation	5
Efficient DEM simulations of railway ballast using simple particle shapes	5
Experimental investigation of rapid penetration of cylindrical rods into granular materials	5
Anisotropic inertia rheology of ellipsoidal grains	5
Morse theory-based segmentation and fabric quantification of granular materials	5
Micromechanical modeling of the effect of dissociation on the mechanical response of hydrate-bearing sediments	5
Modeling of permeability for granular soils considering the particle size distribution	5
Impact of natural environment on sand aging under static and dynamic conditions	5
Convection and motion characteristics of granular media in horizontal vibratory finishing	5
Small-strain shear modulus (Gmax) and microscopic pore structure of calcareous sand with different grain size distributions	5
An experimental study on the influence of multiple contacts and size on contact behavior of marble sphere	5
Analysis of the stress distribution in a laminar direct simple shear device and implications for test data interpretation	5
Tunnel excavation in granular media: the role of force chains	5
Identification of jamming transition: a critical appraisal	5
Effect of sediment form and form distribution on porosity: a simulation study based on the discrete element method	5
A generalized three-dimensional discrete element method with electrostatic induced cohesion	5
Continuous bidirectional shear moduli monitoring and micro X-ray CT to evaluate fabric evolution under different stress paths	5
Compressibility and crushing of coral sands under one-dimensional dynamic compaction	5
X-ray study of fast and slow granular flows with transition jump in between	5
Effect of particle size and shape on shear strength of sand–rubber granule mixtures	5
Pore-network model to quantify internal structure and hydraulic characteristics of randomly packed grains with different morphologies	5
Visualization of impact cratering in granular media using quarter space penetration tests	5
Transition of shear flow for granular materials in a numerical ring shear test	5
Corona discharge of a vibrated insulating box with granular medium	5
The experiment and analysis of the repose angle and the stress arch-caused stress dip of the sandpile	5
Dynamic characteristics of sphere impact into wet granular materials considering suction	5
Analysis of velocity of granular media in cascade finishing by discrete element method with experimental validation	5
The experiment and analysis of the stress dip underneath the granular silo	4
Effect of lateral confinement on the apparent mass of granular dampers	4
Determination of some engineering properties of Jojoba granular matter [Simmondsia chinensis]	4
On the mean square displacement of intruders in freely cooling granular gases	4
A voxel-based clump generation method used for DEM simulations	4
Effect of particle holdup on bubble formation in suspension medium by VOF–DPM simulation	4
Phenotypic trait of particle geometries	4
On the creep problem of soft-rigid interfaces: analysis of the normal contact behavior and application of creep models	4
Revisiting Nesterenko’s solitary wave in the precompressed granular alignment held between fixed ends	4
Influence of Methocel cellulose ether additive on micro-scale friction, abrasion and energy dissipation of rough-heterogeneous particles	4
Does cavity dimension of vibrated granular container matter?	4
The role of the hopper angle in silos: experimental and CFD analysis	4
Distinguishing between rheophysical regimes of fluid-saturated granular-flows using dilatancy and acoustic emission measurements	4
A discrete element framework for modeling the mechanical behaviour of snow Part II: model validation	4
Packing and void structures of octahedral, dodecahedral and icosahedral granular particles	4
Effective elastic modulus of wet granular materials derived from modified effective medium approximation and proposal of an equation for the friction coefficient between the object and wet granular ma	4
Characterization of shear zones in soft granular beds by means of a novel magnetic resonance imaging technique	4
On the extension of the grain loop concept from 2D to 3D granular assemblies	4
Fluid-driven fracture mechanisms in granular media: insights from grain-scale numerical modeling	4

Experimental investigation of statistical characteristics of elastic mechanical parameters and strength indexes of rockfill particles	4
Experimental and numerical investigation on the load stability of coal cargoes during marine transport	4
Point process statistics improves particle size analysis	3
Grain characterisation of fresh and used railway ballast	3
Granular binary mixtures improve energy dissipation efficiency of granular dampers	3
Effect of fines content and particle diameter ratio on maximum shear modulus of dense binary packing of spherical particles	3
Spatial characteristics of wind-sand flow development under natural wind	3
Discrete element modelling of rockfill railway embankments	3
Effects of initial static shear on undrained cyclic behavior of granular materials: energy evolution and micromechanical interpretation	3
Critical numerical analysis of quasi-two-dimensional silo-hopper discharging	3
Influence of interactions between multiple point defects on wave scattering in granular media	3
Motion of a sphere in a viscous fluid towards a wall confined versus unconfined conditions	3
Exact solutions for stress distribution in rhombic disk packings	3
Granular wave-solid state: an accident of density inversion?	3
Quantifying the morphology of crushed sand particles using X-ray micro-tomography	3
Contact orientation distributions for visualisation of granular fabric	3
Propagation and coalescence of two infilled parallel fractures in shale: laboratory testing and DEM simulations	3
Friction anlysis of large diameter steel cylinder penetration process using 3D-DEM	3
Geometrical description of impact cratering under microgravity conditions	3
A GPU-based DEM framework for simulation of polyhedral particulate system	3
Evolution of a contact force network in a 2D granular assembly: an examination using neutron diffraction	3
Predicting the crystalline phase generation effectively in monosized granular matter using machine learning	3
Ballast deterioration inspection and quantification with 3D form method based on particle inscribed ellipsoid	3
Segregation effects on flow’s mobility and final morphology of axisymmetric granular collapses	3
Discrete element simulation of super-ellipse systems	3
Pulling objects out of cohesive granular materials	3
A simplified model for stability analysis of reservoir bank slopes under water level dropping condition	3
Macro-elasticity of granular materials composed of polyhedral particles	3
Macro- and micro-mechanical investigations on liquefaction behaviour of granular material under bi-directional simple shear	3
A theoretical model to predict normal contact characteristics for elasto-plastic collisions	3
Effect of particle size on the suction mechanism in granular grippers	3
Ordered/disordered monodisperse dense granular flow down an inclined plane: dry versus wet media in the capillary bridge regime	3
Effect of cohesion on structure of powder layers in additive manufacturing	3
Effect of gas permeation and consolidation stress evolution on powder flow properties in the gas pressurization process	3
Numerical and experimental estimation of anisotropy in granular soils using multi-orientation shear wave velocity measurements	3
Rolling friction measurement of slightly non-spherical particles using direct experiments and image analysis	3
Flow behaviors of ellipsoidal suspended particles in porous reservoir rocks using CFD-DEM combined with multi-element particle model	3
Assessing the wall effects of packed concentric cylinders and angular walls on granular bed porosity	3
DEM analysis of passive failure in structured sand ground behind a retaining wall	3
A new time-delayed periodic boundary condition for discrete element modelling of railway track under moving wheel loads	3
Breakage probability of feed pellet under repeated compression and impacts	3
Tensile behavior of layered rock disks under diametral loading: experimental and numerical investigations	3
Morphological effects on the angle of repose of granular materials: a discrete element investigation	3
Mesoscopic dimensional analysis of submarine debris flows: implications for physical modelling	3
On non-coaxiality and fabric evolution of granular media in circular shear simulated by DEM	3
Effect of the combination of geogrid and rubber granules on the performance of ballast under impact loads	2
Characteristics of sand transport fluctuation in near-neutral atmospheric surface layer	2
Understanding the interplay between particle shape, grading and sample density on the behaviour of granular assemblies: A DEM approach	2
Systematic design of particle dampers for transient vertical vibrations	2
Doublet craters originated by low speed impact experiments in granular matter	2
An inclusion model for predicting granular elasticity incorporating force chain mechanics	2
Evolution of mesostructure and mechanical characteristics of cemented granular soils under undrained cyclic loads	2
Experimental studies on deformation of granular materials during orthogonal cutting	2
DEM-simulation of thin elastic membranes interacting with a granulate	2
Role of packing defects in force networks of hexagonally packed structures using discrete element method	2
On the use of magnetic particles to enhance the flow of vibrated grains through narrow apertures	2
Modelling the final discharge angle in flighted rotary drums	2
Influence of bottom roughness and ambient pressure conditions on the emplacement of experimental dam-break granular flows	2
An improved contact method for quantifying the mixing of a binary granular mixture	2
Multi-scale characteristics of the spatial distribution of space charge density that determines the vertical electric field during dust storms	2
Inertial effects in just-saturated axisymmetric column collapses	2
3D implementation and validation of VOF-coupled non-local granular rheology	2
Anisometric granular materials: compression and shear properties	2
Statistical interdependence of multi-scale 3D morphological descriptors of sand grains	2
Numerical investigation on the process of obstructing granular flow by multi-layer rigid netting barriers	2
Energy transport and dissipation in granular systems	2
Gravity sensitivity of continuum numerical solvers for granular flow modeling	2
Investigating the effectiveness of Rolling Dynamic Compaction (RDC) using Discrete Element Method (DEM)	2
From solid-like to floating: evolution of dense granular cluster in dissipation behavior	2
Preventing overpacking of compressed moderately dense granular gases	2
Bennu and Ryugu: diamonds in the sky	2
Mesoscale metrics on approach to the clogging point	2
Migration and deposition behavior of silica powder in saturated sand: coupled effects of temperature and flow rate	2
Relation between force chain quantitative characteristics and side wall friction behaviour during ferrous powder compaction	2
Kinematics of the discharge of flat particles from model silos	2
Particle-volume tracking-assisted discrete digital volume correlation for kinematics analysis of particles	2
A study of wave propagation and stiffness anisotropy in anisotropically loaded granular material-synthetic fiber binary systems	2
Three-dimensional mesoscale modelling of the compressive behaviors of coral sand	2
The slope of dry granular materials surface is generally curved	2
Effect of particle size distributions on the mechanical behavior and particle breakage of coral sands	2
Closed-form displacement field equations for a disc subjected to self-equilibrated arbitrary loads	2
On the erosion of cohesive granular soils by a submerged jet: a numerical approach	2
Fabric evolution and strain localisation in inherently anisotropic specimens of anisometric particles (lentils) under triaxial compression	2
Numerical simulation of a rockfall impacting a gravel cushion with varying initial angular velocity and particle sizes	2
Percolating contacts network and force chains during interface shear in granular media	2
Effect of free water on the quasi-static compression behavior of partially-saturated concrete with a fully coupled DEM/CFD approach	2
Discrete element modeling of planetary ice analogs: mechanical behavior upon sintering	2
Relevance of capillary interfaces simulation with the Shan–Chen multiphase LB model	2
Cooling after shearing: three possible fates for dense granular materials	2
DEM Study of the design parameters of a linear vibratory feeder in packaging black pepper seeds	2
Granular meta-material: response of a bending beam	2
The influence of water sorption on the microstructure of a hydro-sensitive granular material (couscous) deduced from simultaneous neutron and X-ray tomography	2
Effects of angularity and content of coarse particles on the mechanical behaviour of granular mixtures: a DEM study	2
Densification mechanism of granular soil under dynamic compaction of proceeding impacts	2
Approximate coefficient of restitution for nonlinear viscoelastic contact with external load	2