Exploration of Mechanical Behaviors of Argillaceous Siltstone through Photoelastic Model Test and DEM Modelling

Table 2

Distribution of force chain and force angle for unbonded particles.

Lever weight (kg)	Force chain distribution	Force angle distribution
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0

Only those force chains having higher than the average value are shown; units of the x- and y-axes are pixels.