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Relating Hydraulic Conductivity to Particle Size Using DEM (2020)
Journal Article
McDowell, G., & de Bono, J. (2021). Relating Hydraulic Conductivity to Particle Size Using DEM. International Journal of Geomechanics, 21(1), Article 0602003. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29gm.1943-5622.0001670

For over 100 years it has been accepted that the permeability or hydraulic conductivity of a soil is controlled by the size of pores through which the fluid flows, and that this pore size should be a function of particle sizes. All well-known formula... Read More about Relating Hydraulic Conductivity to Particle Size Using DEM.

Discrete element modelling of two-layered ballast in a box test (2020)
Journal Article
Li, H., & Mcdowell, G. (2020). Discrete element modelling of two-layered ballast in a box test. Granular Matter, 22, Article 76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-020-01046-6

It has been recently reported that ballast comprising differently graded layers helps to reduce track settlement. The main goal of this paper is to provide micro mechanical insight about how the differently layered ballasts reduce the settlement by e... Read More about Discrete element modelling of two-layered ballast in a box test.