Numerical investigation of the direct tensile behaviour of laminated and transversely isotropic rocks containing incipient bedding planes with different strengths

• Main Authors: Shang, Junlong, Duan, Kang, Gui, Yilin, Handley, Kirk, Zhao, Zhiye
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Discrete Element Modelling; Particle Flow code
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144241
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The anisotropic direct tensile behaviour of laminated and transversely isotropic Midgley Grit sandstone (MGS) was investigated in this paper using a particle-based discrete element method (DEM) with consideration of the incipiency of bedding planes. Laboratory experiments were conducted to quantify...