A Study on the Influence of the Conglomerate Mesostructure on Fracture Failure Behavior Based on Discrete Element Method

Figure 5

Principle of parallel bonding. The red and blue lines in the figure represent the contact surfaces of the two elements, respectively. In the bonded state, the two elements are bonded, and the contact force between the elements is the algebraic sum of the contact force and the bonding force. The bonded state will be destroyed after the bonding force reaches a certain value, after which only contact force exists between the elements.