Abstract
Particulate DEM allows us to simulate and evaluate in detail the evolution of localizations in particulate material, whether bonded/cemented or unbonded. DEM simulations generate a wealth of particle scale data including particle displacements, velocities and contact forces. Traditionally in geomechanics we understand material response based upon a continuum mechanics framework that considers stress and strain. There is little debate as to how to calculate stress from DEM simulation results, however there is no consensus on how to calculate strain. Most of the methods proposed in the literature to calculate strain have considered the overall response of an assembly of grains, rather than the local in homogeneities that are associated with shear band evolution. This paper outlines the challenges associated with quantifying strain based upon DEM simulation results and demonstrates that a local wavelet based homogenization approach as proposed by may have advantages over triangulation based linear interpolation.
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