Preface International advisory committee Organising committee Volume I Keynotes Granular plastic flow and fabric-based internal variables F. Radjai & S. Roux Advancing geomechanics using DEM C. O’Sullivan Meso-scale structural characteristics of clay deposit studied by 2D Discrete Element Method A. Suzuki &T. Matsushima Part I: Discrete-based modelling Pre-failure behaviour Modelling soft-particle materials S. Nezamabadi, F. Radjai, J. Averseng & J.-Y. Delenne Pre-peak deformation of model granular materials: A DEM study J.-N. Roux Grain-scale discrete analysis methods for real granular matter: Granular element and coupled Level Set-Discrete Element Methods K.-W. Lim, R. Kawamoto & J.E. Andrade Capturing the state-dependent nature of soil response using DEM X. Huang, C. O’Sullivan, K.J. Hanley & C.Y. Kwok Investigation of fabric evolution in elliptical granular materials for kinematic models using the Discrete Element Method M.J. Jiang & T. Li Fabric of monosized granular media J. Sánchez, G. Auvinet & B. Cambou Change of scale in 2D granular materials: Behavior at meso- and macro-scales S.K. Nguyen, H. Magoariec, E. Vincens & B. Cambou Fabric evolution of 3D granular materials in rotational shear D.S. Yang, X. Li & H.-S. Yu Micro and macro behavior of granular materials in simple shear M. Gutierrez & A. Muftah Effects of sample preparation methods in DEM M.L. Bernhardt, C. O’Sullivan & G. Biscontin Characterization of induced microstructures in a simulated triaxial specimen Y. Lu &Y. Tan Comparison between geometrical and dynamic particle packing I. Koval, M. Roozbahani & D. Frost Incremental stress and microstructural response of granular soils under undrained axisymmetric deformation N. Kumar, S. Luding & V. Magnanimo Post-failure behaviour Anisotropic Coulomb failure criterion: From DEM to experiments P. Fu, Z. Tong & Y.F. Dafalias Investigation of Christensen’s two-parameter failure criterion for brittle materials K.J. Hanley, C. O’Sullivan & X. Huang Instability in granular materials – a micromechanical investigation J.C. Lopera Perez, C.Y. Kwok, C. O’Sullivan, K.H. Hanley & X. Huang Characteristic lengths in granular piles exhibiting steady surface flows J.-F. Camenen & P. Richard Flow patterns in quasi-static deformation of dry granular materials K. Viswanathan, A. Mahato, T.G. Murthy, T. Koziara & S. Chandrasekar Comparison of fabric tensors for granular materials A. Theocharis, E. Vairaktaris, P. Fu & Y.F. Dafalias On the role of meso-structures on the instability mechanism of granular soils J.Wang & B. Zhou Simulation of granular soil behaviour using physics engines M. Pytlos, M. Gilbert & C.C. Smith A microstructural cluster-based description of diffuse and localized failures N. Hadda, F. Bourrier, L. Sibille, F. Nicot, R.Wan & F. Darve Particle shape and size effects Effect of mean grain diameter on vortices, force chains and local volume changes in granular shear zones M. Nitka, J. Tejchman, J. Kozicki & D. Lesniewska A discrete element analysis of the micromechanical interaction of non-spherical particles in cohesionless granular solids under K0 condition H. Khan, J.P. Morrissey, J.Y. Ooi & J. Tod Pittam Investigating the effects of particle shape on the normal compression of sand using DEM J.P. de Bono & G.R. McDowell Micromorphic continuum stress measures calculated from three-dimensional ellipsoidal discrete element simulations on granular media R.A. Regueiro, B. Zhang & F. Shahabi Characterizing and incorporating particle morphology in Discrete Element Modeling S. Thomas, C. Hurt, C.E. Cary, D. Barrot, P. Giordano, J. Corriveau, S. Mandayam, N. Das, A. Daouadji & B. Sukumaran Shape effect of elongated soil particles on Discrete Element Modelling of methane hydrate soil sediments Y. Yu, Y.P. Cheng, X. Xu & K. Soga A study on a shape effect in rockfall simulation using DEM S. Moriguchi, I. Tachibana, K. Terada, S. Takase, T. Kyoya, J. Kato, S. Sawada & A. Yashima A micromechanical study of the equivalent granular void ratio of soil mixtures using DEM N.H. Minh & Y.P. Cheng Coordination number and geometric anisotropy in binary sphere mixtures J. Sánchez, G. Auvinet & B. Cambou The influence of finer fraction and size-ratio on the micro-scale properties of dense bimodal materials T. Shire, C. O’Sullivan & K. Hanley The influence of particle shape for granular media: A Fourier-shape-descriptor-based micromechanical study Z. Liu, J. Zhao & G. Mollon Particle crushing A contribution to the numerical simulation of aggregate crushing A. Neveu, R. Artoni, P. Richard & Y. Descantes Force chain evolution during the gravity induced crushing of a fractal granular mixture Z.Wang & L.E. Vallejo New approach to grain fragmentation for discrete element methods D. Cantor, N. Estrada & E. Azéma An evaluation of the progressive crushing of granular materials under compression L.E. Vallejo, S. Lobo-Guerrero, C. Sbarro, Z. Liu & J.R. Valdes DEM modelling of a double-porosity crushable granular material M.O. Ciantia, M. Arroyo, J. Butlanska & A. Gens Evolution of particle size distributions in crushable granular materials D.-H. Nguyen, E. Azéma, P. Sornay & F. Radja Compression behavior for assembly of DEM crushable cylindrical gravels Y. Nakata & Y.Watabe A DEM investigation of a simple shear test on crushable materials Y.S.Wang, S.H. Liu, C.M. Shen & Z.J.Wang A probability-based approach for predicting particle crushing of granular soil B. Zhou & J.Wang Model methodology for studying crushing of unbound granular materials during compaction M.S. Ocampo, B. Caicedo & L.E. Vallejo Dynamic behaviour Micromechanics of seismic wave propagation in granular materials J. O’Donovan, S. Hamlin, G. Marketos, C. O’Sullivan, E. Ibraim, M. Lings & D.M.Wood Novel methods of bender element test analysis J. O’Donovan, G. Marketos & C. O’Sullivan Dynamic response of granular soils during dynamic compaction by PFC3D M.C. Jia, X.H. Yang, S.H.Wu & J. Zhang Macro and micro responses of granular materials under traffic load J.G. Qian, Z.P. You, X.Q. Gu & M.S. Huang Impact of seismic intensity on deformation of road embankment constructed by granular soil J.Wang & R.Y.S. Pak Dynamic soil-structure interaction around a monopile supporting a wind turbine L. Cui & S. Bhattacharya Behaviour of bonded materials Numerical investigation on effect of bond size on the compressive behavior of rigid bonded granules by FEM and DEM approaches F. Liu, C. Sun, M.J. Jiang, Z. Li & G. Deng Three-dimensional DEM investigation on failure criterion of cylinder-shaped bond between spheres Z.F. Shen, M.J. Jiang & H.N.Wang Shear behaviour of methane hydrate bearing sand: DEM simulations J.S. Vinod, M. Hyodo, B. Indraratna & S. Kajiyama DEM analysis of geomechanical behavior of methane hydrate-bearing sediments Q.J. Yang & C.F. Zhao DEM analysis on formation of shear band of methane hydrate bearing soil under different temperatures and water pressures M.J. Jiang, D. Peng, F. Liu & Z.F. Shen Three-dimensional DEM simulation of mechanical behavior of methane hydrate under triaxial compression M.J. Jiang, J. He, J.F.Wang & F. Liu DEM simulations of methane hydrate dissociation by thermal recovery M.J. Jiang, C. Fu, L. Cui, Z.F. Shen & F.Y. Zhu A simple three-dimensional bond contact model for cemented sands considering the influence of bond width and thickness M.J. Jiang & F.G. Zhang Discrete Element Method for modeling the mechanical behavior of unsaturated granular media K. Tourani, A. Mahboubi & E.S. Hosseininia Discrete Element Modeling on strength degradation of concrete induced by sulfate attack M.J. Jiang, Z.W. Liao, H.N.Wang & S.L. Chen Significance of DEM input parameters on the modelling of low strength soft rock mechanical behaviour D. Barreto, M. Rouaini
