Micromechanics of granular materials – A tribute to Ching S. Chang

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Special Issue

Micromechanics of granular materials – A tribute to Ching S. Chang

Coordinated by: Pierre-Yves Hicher; Anil Misra; Tang-Tat Ng

Table of contents

Editorial Board

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A tribute to Ching S. Chang – Teacher, researcher and mentor Foreword

Pierre-Yves Hicher; Anil Misra; Tang-Tat Ng

p. 127

Transient rolling friction model for discrete element simulations of sphere assemblies

Matthew R. Kuhn

p. 129-140

DEM simulations of bi-disperse ellipsoids of different particle sizes

Tang-Tat Ng; Wei Zhou

p. 141-150

Particle size and boundary geometry effects on the bulk friction coefficient of sheared granular materials in the inertial regime

Andrés D. Orlando; Hayley H. Shen

p. 151-155

Analysis of local behaviour in granular materials

Ngoc-Son Nguyen; Hélène Magoariec; Bernard Cambou

p. 156-173

Some micromechanical aspects of failure in granular materials based on second-order work

François Nicot; Nejib Hadda; Luc Sibille; Farhang Radjai; Pierre-Yves Hicher; Félix Darve

p. 174-188

Influence of soil conditioning on ground deformation during longitudinal tunneling

Mingjing Jiang; Zhen-Yu Yin

p. 189-197

Microstructural formulation of stress dilatancy

Richard Wan; Peijun Guo

p. 198-207

Numerical prediction of soil compaction in geotechnical engineering

Kaiming Xia

p. 208-219

Editorial Board

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