Research on macro-meso relationship of geological materials based on Discrete Element Method: review and prospect




Research on macro-meso relationship of geological materials based on Discrete Element Method: review and prospect


The discrete element method has been widely adopted in the geotechnical engineering. In this paper, the discrete element study on the soil-rock mixtures, and the crushing as well as creep properties of rockfill materials, are reviewed. The development trend of discrete element method in geotechnical engineering is introduced, and the main issue is the determination of meso-parameters in the model. In addition, by combining the large amount of discrete element data and machine learning technology, it seems that the intelligent constitutive models can be reasonably established.

M. Zhou; Qianli Zhang; R. Ding


18th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE2024)



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