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.008a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/589215/figures/589215.fig.008a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Confining Presure 2 MPa</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="589215.fig.008b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/589215/figures/589215.fig.008b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Confining Presure 8 MPa</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="589215.fig.008c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/589215/figures/589215.fig.008c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Confining Presure 15 MPa</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="589215.fig.008d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/589215/figures/589215.fig.008d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Confining Presure 20 MPa</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Stress-strain curves of four samples.</table>

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Figure 8: Effect of Particle Shape on Mechanical Behaviors of Rocks: A Numerical Study Using Clumped Particle Model 