Numerical Study of Particle Morphology Effect on the Angle of Repose for Coarse Assemblies Using DEM

Figure 12

The final states of the granular piles for five models. (a) 1-ball model; (b) 2-ball with overlap model; (c) real ballast model; (d) 4-ball model; (e) 2-ball without overlap model.

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