ALFA Discrete Element Method (DEM) Simulations using PFC3D

Contains input scripts, background information, reduced data, and results associated with the discrete element method (DEM) simulations of interface shear tests, plate anchor pullout tests, and torpedo anchor installation and pullout tests, using the software PFC3D (v4.0).

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  • particle-flow
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  • plate
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  • pullout
  • pullout-tests
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  • shear
  • shear-tests
  • simulation
  • simulations
  • software
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  • test
  • torpedo
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notes Contains input scripts, background information, reduced data, and results associated with the discrete element method (DEM) simulations of interface shear tests, plate anchor pullout tests, and torpedo anchor installation and pullout tests, using the software PFC3D (v4.0).
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title ALFA Discrete Element Method (DEM) Simulations using PFC3D