Effect of Particle Shape on Mechanical Behaviors of Rocks: A Numerical Study Using Clumped Particle Model

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="589215.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/589215/figures/589215.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Bonding areas of two particles (shaded areas)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="589215.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/589215/figures/589215.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>An idealized disk of bonding areas</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Schematic diagram of parallel bond.</table>

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Figure 1: Effect of Particle Shape on Mechanical Behaviors of Rocks: A Numerical Study Using Clumped Particle Model 