Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Sand Particle Fracture Using Discrete-Element Method and Synchrotron Microcomputed Tomography Images
Abstract
Recent research showed that fracture of sand particles plays a significant role in determining the plastic bulk volumetric changes of granular materials under different loading conditions. One of the major tools used to better understand the influence of particle fracture on the behavior of granular materials is discrete-element modeling (DEM). This paper employed the bonded block model (BBM) to simulate the fracture behavior of sand. Each sand particle is modeled as an agglomerate of rigid blocks bonded at their contacts using the linear-parallel contact model, which can transmit both moment and force. DEM simulated particles closely matched the actual three-dimensional (3D) shape of sand particles acquired using high-resolution 3D synchrotron microcomputed tomography (SMT). Results from unconfined one-dimensional (1D) compression of a single synthetic silica cube were used to calibrate the model parameters. Particle fracture was investigated for specimens composed of three sand particles that were loaded under confined 1D compression. Breakage energy measured from DEM models matched well with that measured experimentally. The paper studied the effects of contact loading condition and particle interaction on the fracture mode of particles using BBM that can closely capture the 3D shape of real sand particles.
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1681199
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; FG02-94ER14466
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 146; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1090-0241
- Publisher:
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES
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Jarrar, Zaher A., Alshibli, Khalid A., and Al-Raoush, Riyadh I. Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Sand Particle Fracture Using Discrete-Element Method and Synchrotron Microcomputed Tomography Images. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0002281.
Jarrar, Zaher A., Alshibli, Khalid A., & Al-Raoush, Riyadh I. Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Sand Particle Fracture Using Discrete-Element Method and Synchrotron Microcomputed Tomography Images. United States. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0002281
Jarrar, Zaher A., Alshibli, Khalid A., and Al-Raoush, Riyadh I. Wed .
"Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Sand Particle Fracture Using Discrete-Element Method and Synchrotron Microcomputed Tomography Images". United States. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0002281. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1681199.
@article{osti_1681199,
title = {Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Sand Particle Fracture Using Discrete-Element Method and Synchrotron Microcomputed Tomography Images},
author = {Jarrar, Zaher A. and Alshibli, Khalid A. and Al-Raoush, Riyadh I.},
abstractNote = {Recent research showed that fracture of sand particles plays a significant role in determining the plastic bulk volumetric changes of granular materials under different loading conditions. One of the major tools used to better understand the influence of particle fracture on the behavior of granular materials is discrete-element modeling (DEM). This paper employed the bonded block model (BBM) to simulate the fracture behavior of sand. Each sand particle is modeled as an agglomerate of rigid blocks bonded at their contacts using the linear-parallel contact model, which can transmit both moment and force. DEM simulated particles closely matched the actual three-dimensional (3D) shape of sand particles acquired using high-resolution 3D synchrotron microcomputed tomography (SMT). Results from unconfined one-dimensional (1D) compression of a single synthetic silica cube were used to calibrate the model parameters. Particle fracture was investigated for specimens composed of three sand particles that were loaded under confined 1D compression. Breakage energy measured from DEM models matched well with that measured experimentally. The paper studied the effects of contact loading condition and particle interaction on the fracture mode of particles using BBM that can closely capture the 3D shape of real sand particles.},
doi = {10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0002281},
journal = {Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering},
number = 7,
volume = 146,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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