Research Article

Study on the Interaction between Soil and the Five-Claw Combination of a Mole Using the Discrete Element Method

Table 2

DEM parameters used in the simulations.

PropertyValue

Density of soil particles (kg/m3)2600 [31]
Density of steel (kg/m3)7820 [32]
Shear modulus of soil (Pa)5 × 107 [33]
Shear modulus of steel (Pa)7.9 × 1010 [32]
Yield strength of the soil (Pa)5.88 × 105 [17]
Poisson’s ratio of soil0.3 [33]
Poisson’s ratio of steel0.3 [32]
Coefficient of restitution of soil-soil0.6 [31]
Coefficient of restitution of soil-steel0.6 [31]
Coefficient of friction of soil-soil0.57 [17]
Coefficient of friction of soil-steel0.5 [17]
Coefficient of rolling friction of soil-soil0.16 [17]
Coefficient of rolling friction of soil-steel0.05 [17]
Cohesive energy density between soil-soil (J/m3)5000 [19]
—the stiffness factor0.95 [17]
—the damping factor0.05 [17]