Research Article

On the Shape Simulation of Aggregate and Cement Particles in a DEM System

Table 1

correlation coefficients found by Erdogan et al. [8] for four types of aggregate: and are from , while coefficient is from . Sphericity is calculated by (1).

Aggregate typeCoefficient Coefficient Variance Coefficient Sphericity

GR8.10.630.996.130.79
LS7.50.640.9976.120.79
IN8.60.620.996.060.80
AZ9.10.610.985.950.81