OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Granular Matter is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
A study of wave propagation and stiffness anisotropy in anisotropically loaded granular material-synthetic fiber binary systems	61
Probabilistic-based analysis and model selection of the tangential stiffness reduction: displacement curves of nonconforming contacts	41
Effect of basal friction on granular column collapse	32
Microscopic insights into thermal cycling effects in granular materials via X-ray microtomography	27
Strength and dilatancy of sands from their image-based intrinsic properties	26
Numerical simulation of gas penetration and powder compression during high-pressure dynamic load in silo	26
Effect of particle holdup on bubble formation in suspension medium by VOF–DPM simulation	25
Fluidization of soil under increasing seepage flow: an energy perspective through CFD-DEM coupling	24
3D implementation and validation of VOF-coupled non-local granular rheology	24
Insights on the internal dynamics of bi-disperse granular flows from machine learning	22
Investigating the effects of elongation and flatness on the shear behaviour of breakable granular materials via the DEM	21
DEM simulation of small strain and large strain behaviors of granular soils with a coherent contact model	21
Multi-scale characteristics of the spatial distribution of space charge density that determines the vertical electric field during dust storms	19
Investigating projectile penetration into immersed granular beds via CFD-DEM coupling	19
Effect of particle shape on the void space in granular materials: implications for the properties of granular filters	19
Contact orientation distributions for visualisation of granular fabric	18
Vibrocompaction behaviour of dry granular matter depends on the dynamic to static stress ratio	17
Stress-dilatancy behaviour of fouled ballast: experiments and DEM modelling	17
Granular binary mixtures improve energy dissipation efficiency of granular dampers	17
Soil fabric of coarse-grained soils sedimented under water and its relation to relative density and excess pore water pressure	17
On the elastoplastic behavior in collisional compression of spherical dust aggregates	17
Investigating peak strength of gap-graded soils through discrete element method: mechanisms and prediction	15
Macro- and micro-mechanical investigations on liquefaction behaviour of granular material under bi-directional simple shear	14
DEM modelling of railway ballast using the Conical Damage Model: a comprehensive parametrisation strategy	14
Quantifying the morphology of crushed sand particles using X-ray micro-tomography	14

Percolating contacts network and force chains during interface shear in granular media	13
On the extension of the grain loop concept from 2D to 3D granular assemblies	13
Reversing and amplifying elastic waves in inelastic granular media	13
Role of packing defects in force networks of hexagonally packed structures using discrete element method	13
Particulate behaviour of soft granular materials: a case study on lentils	13
Microstructural differences between naturally-deposited and laboratory beach sands	12
On the mean square displacement of intruders in freely cooling granular gases	12
Experimental exploration of geometric cohesion and solid fraction in columns of highly non-convex Platonic polypods	12
Effects of aggregate crushing and strain rate on fracture in compressive concrete with a DEM-based breakage model	12
Effect of flexible membrane in triaxial test on the mechanical behaviour of rockfill material using Discrete Element Method	12
Fluid effects in model granular flows	11
3D waveforms and patterning behavior in thin monodisperse and multidisperse vertically-vibrated layers	11
Powder spreading in laser-powder bed fusion process	11
Experimental studies on deformation of granular materials during orthogonal cutting	11
What is shape? Characterizing particle morphology with genetic algorithms and deep generative models	11
Evolution of particle breakage during cyclic shear of sand	11
Scaling laws for quasi-statically deforming granular soil at critical state	11
Energy transport and dissipation in granular systems	11
Closed-form displacement field equations for a disc subjected to self-equilibrated arbitrary loads	11
Rolling friction and Hertz’s contact model: an approximation from inclined track experiments	11
Plane morphometric analysis of particles using an automatic image analysis system: a case study of the Xinmo landslide	11
Collision time in the inelastic bouncing ball model of granular materials	10
Behavioural responses to horizontal vibrations of quasi-2D ideal granular beds: an experimental approach	10
A method for coarse graining fluctuation velocities in granular flows	10
Particle-volume tracking-assisted discrete digital volume correlation for kinematics analysis of particles	10
Construction of velocity similarity graph for velocity field analysis in granular intruder motion	10
An open-access database for the assessment of particle damper simulation tools	10
The experiment and analysis of the stress dip underneath the granular silo	10
A thermodynamic critical state model for sands	10
Influence of interactions between multiple point defects on wave scattering in granular media	10
Performance and limits of a geotechnical centrifuge: DEM-LBM simulations of saturated granular column collapse	10
Experimental investigation on breakage characteristics of feed particle beds by uniaxial compression	10
Simplified approach for liquefaction assessment in granular soils: integrating bulk and grain properties	9
Characteristics of sand transport fluctuation in near-neutral atmospheric surface layer	9
Structural fluctuations in thin cohesive particle layers in powder-based additive manufacturing	9
A new numerical method for constructing the three-dimensional microstructure of S-RM using digital image processing technology	9
Effect of free water on the quasi-static compression behavior of partially-saturated concrete with a fully coupled DEM/CFD approach	9
Continuous bidirectional shear moduli monitoring and micro X-ray CT to evaluate fabric evolution under different stress paths	9
Theoretical study on the inherently anisotropic MICP-cemented sand by micromechanics-based model	9
Investigation on the spreading behaviour of sand powder used in binder jet 3D printing	9
Effects of particle morphology on the minimum and maximum void ratios of granular materials	9
Macroscopic effects of intraparticle fracture, grain topology and shape on vehicle dynamics and mobility over gravel road beds	9
An adaptative discretization to model boundary value problems with discrete element method	9
Stress field equations for a disk subjected to self-equilibrated arbitrary loads: revisited	9
Properties of interaction networks in compressed two and three dimensional particulate systems	9
Representations of major physical statistics of windblown sand in the atmospheric surface layer	9
Correction to: Investigating the rheology of fluidized and non-fluidized gas-particle beds: implications for the dynamics of geophysical flows and substrate entrainment	9
Shape properties validation of virtual 3D particles created from AIMS 2D images for railway ballast DEM modeling	9
DEM-simulation of thin elastic membranes interacting with a granulate	9
On the creep problem of soft-rigid interfaces: analysis of the normal contact behavior and application of creep models	9

A theoretical study on the hydraulic conductivity of anisotropic granular materials by implementing the microstructure tensor	9
DEM simulations of agglomerates impact breakage using Timoshenko beam bond model	9
The experiment and analysis of the repose angle and the stress arch-caused stress dip of the sandpile	8
Contact rheological DEM model for visco-elastic powders during laser sintering	8
Viscoplastic modelling of rate-dependent pile penetration in crushable sand	8
Granular damper with quasi-linear response: a cone-in-cone design	8
A modified method for morphology quantification and generation of 2D granular particles	8
Mesoscopic mechanics and microstructural evolution of triaxially compressed polydisperse pebbles: insights from DEM modeling	8
XRCT image processing for sand fabric reconstruction	8
Numerical and experimental estimation of anisotropy in granular soils using multi-orientation shear wave velocity measurements	8
Determination of discrete element method (DEM) simulation parameters for polymeric waste particles	8
Research on the development of a monitoring experimental platform for top coal migration trajectory in longwall top coal caving and optimization of coal drawing process	8
Continuum modelling of a just-saturated inertial column collapse: capturing fluid-particle interaction	8
Granular flow enhancement in a model silo by using a pedant mobile obstacle	8
Macro- and micro-scale behavior of inherently anisotropic sands under true triaxial loading paths considering partial drainage conditions	8
Evaluation of three packing density models on reference particle-size distributions	8
Dynamic sublevel caving technology for thick seams with large dip angle in longwall top coal caving (LTCC)	8
A stochastic model leading to various particle mass distributions including the RRSB distribution	7
Effect of confining stress and lateral boundary conditions on the drained instability response of sand: a DEM based assessment across the length scales	7
Heterarchical modelling of comminution for rotary mills: part I—particle crushing along streamlines	7
Competition analysis of grain flow versus clogging by means of information theory	7
3D structure of free-surface avalanche deposits from MRI: particle-size segregation in free-surface, bi-disperse granular flows	7
Evolution and collision of wave fronts in two-dimensional hexagonal packing granular lattices	7
The influence of water sorption on the microstructure of a hydro-sensitive granular material (couscous) deduced from simultaneous neutron and X-ray tomography	7
Statistical evaluation of the effect of size and strain rate on particle strength of rockfill materials	7
Granular wave-solid state: an accident of density inversion?	7
Numerical study on movements of soil particles forming clogging layer during vacuum preloading of dredged slurry	7
Understanding shear bands in granular media through in-plane ploughing experiments at different strain rates	7
Clogging reduction by addition of small particles of various material densities	7
A modular hypoplastic constitutive model for granular soils	7
Particle breakage of ultra-high dam rockfills under drained shearing	7
Pressure model and scaling laws in jammed bidisperse granular packings	7