Research Article
How to Achieve Efficiency and Accuracy in Discrete Element Simulation of Asphalt Mixture: A DRF-Based Equivalent Model for Asphalt Sand Mortar
Table 2
Reduced diameters and volumetric ratios of different diameter reduction factors.
| DRF | (mm) | Volume ratio |
| 1.00 | 2.00–2.36 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.96–2.31 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 1.92–2.27 | 0.88 | 0.94 | 1.88–2.22 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 1.84–2.17 | 0.78 | 0.90 | 1.80–2.12 | 0.73 | 0.88 | 1.76–2.08 | 0.68 | 0.86 | 1.72–2.03 | 0.64 | 0.84 | 1.68–1.98 | 0.59 | 0.82 | 1.64–1.94 | 0.55 | 0.80 | 1.60–1.89 | 0.51 | 0.78 | 1.56–1.84 | 0.47 | 0.76 | 1.52–1.79 | 0.44 | 0.74 | 1.48–1.75 | 0.41 | 0.72 | 1.44–1.70 | 0.37 | 0.70 | 1.40–1.65 | 0.34 | 0.68 | 1.36–1.60 | 0.31 |
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