Simulating Plane Strain Tests of Sand Specimen Reinforced with H-V Orthogonal Inclusions by PFC

Interface Behavior Analysis of Different Geomembrane Liner Systems Based on PIV Techniques

“…Irsyam et al [3] conducted a direct shear test on the geogrid using hot wax and obtained the shear surface and displacement vector distribution of loose sand and dense sand at different cross-rib spacing. The shear zone formation of H-V reinforced sand specimens was numerically simulated in detail by Zhang et al [4] to reveal the progressive damage law of shear zone generation and expansion in H-V reinforced soils. Zhou et al [5] and Yang et al [6] investigated the reinforcement length and height of the reinforced soil foundation by indoor model tests and pointed out that the optimum reinforcement length was three times the foundation width, and the optimum number of reinforcement layers was two to three.…”

Meso-Mechanical Behavior of Sand under Shear Loading Test Research

“…To understand such micro-scale mechanisms in granular materials requires the ability to measure both the kinematics and the force distribution through the granular assembly. Insight can be gained from discrete element simulations [1][2][3] or from particle flow code in two or three dimensions (PFC2D/3D) [4], but these are just models and can only help in the absence of real experimental data. Photoelasticity experiments are also very insightful [5], however, the actual properties are highly simplified.…”