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A new suggestion for determining 2D porosities in DEM studies

  • Wang, Zhijie (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University) ;
  • Ruiken, Axel (Wayss & Freytag Spezialtiefbau GmbH(formerly at RWTH Aachen University)) ;
  • Jacobs, Felix (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University) ;
  • Ziegler, Martin (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University)
  • Received : 2014.05.21
  • Accepted : 2014.10.01
  • Published : 2014.12.25
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Abstract

In discrete element modeling, 2D software has been widely used in order to gain further insights into the fundamental mechanisms with less computational time. The porosities used in 2D DEM studies should be determined with appropriate approaches based on 3D laboratory porosities. This paper summarizes the main approaches for converting porosities from 3D to 2D for DEM studies and theoretical evaluations show that none of the current approaches can be widely used in dealing with soil mechanical problems. Therefore, a parabolic equation and a criterion have been suggested for the determination of 2D porosities in this paper. Moreover, a case study has been used to validate that the 2D porosity obtained from the above suggestion to be rational with both the realistic contact force distribution in the specimen and the good agreement of the DEM simulation results of direct shear tests with the corresponding experimental data. Therefore, the parabolic equation and the criterion are suggested for the determination of 2D porosities in a wide range of polydisperse particle systems, especially in dealing with soil mechanical problems.

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Supported by : China Scholarship Council

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