Research Article

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

Table 2

Microscopic parameters of PFC3D model.

NameValue

Minimum ball radius, (mm)2.5
Ball radius ratio, 1.5
Ball density (Kg/m3)2600
Ball-ball contact Young’s modulus (GPa)25
Young’s modulus of parallel bond (GPa)20
Ball stiffness ratio, / 2.5
Parallel bond stiffness ratio2.5
Particle friction coefficient1.0
Parallel bond normal strength, mean (MPa)130
Parallel bond normal strength, std. dev (MPa)10
Parallel bond shear strength, mean (MPa)130
Parallel bond shear strength, std. dev (MPa)10