OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Granular Matter is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Powder spreading in laser-powder bed fusion process	41
Solid–fluid sequentially coupled simulation of internal erosion of soils due to seepage	30
Effects of material properties on the mobility of granular flow	30
The tribological behavior of iron tailing sand grain contacts in dry, water and biopolymer immersed states	27
Evaluating the particle rolling effect on the characteristic features of granular material under the critical state soil mechanics framework	25
Particle shape effects on the shear behaviors of granular assemblies: irregularity and elongation	22
Characterization of ballast particle’s movement associated with loading cycle, magnitude and frequency using SmartRock sensors	22
Stress based multi-contact model for discrete-element simulations	21
Particle-shape induced radial segregation in rotating cylinders	21
Influence of various DEM shape representation methods on packing and shearing of granular assemblies	20
Effects of particle morphology on the minimum and maximum void ratios of granular materials	19
Data-driven discovery of interpretable causal relations for deep learning material laws with uncertainty propagation	19
Using a proper orthogonal decomposition to elucidate features in granular flows	18
Deposition morphology of granular column collapses	17
Soft particles reinforce robotic grippers: robotic grippers based on granular jamming of soft particles	16
Effects of grain morphology on suffusion susceptibility of cohesionless soils	16
DEM study on the response of fresh concrete under vibration	15
Transition of granular flow patterns in a conical hopper based on superquadric DEM simulations	15
Micromechanics of hydraulic fracturing and damage in rock based on DEM modeling	15
Quantitative distribution characteristics of force chains for asphalt mixtures with three skeleton structures using discrete element method	14
Contact force network evolution in active earth pressure state of granular materials: photo-elastic tests and DEM	14
3D DEM analysis of soil excavation test on lunar regolith simulant	14
Particle shape effect on the shear banding in DEM-simulated sands	14
Damping prediction of particle dampers for structures under forced vibration using effective fields	14
Discrete element modelling of two-layered ballast in a box test	14

Effects of particle gradation and geometry on the pore characteristics and water retention curves of granular soils: a combined DEM and PNM investigation	13
High-speed confined granular flows down smooth inclines: scaling and wall friction laws	13
Granular dampers in microgravity: sharp transition between modes of operation	12
On the contact problem of soft-rigid interfaces: incorporation of Mindlin-Deresiewicz and self-deformation concepts	12
Densest arrangement of frictionless polydisperse sphere packings with a power-law grain size distribution	12
Triaxial compression behavior of 3D printed and natural sands	12
Beverloo law for hopper flow derived from self-similar profiles	12
An improved index of mixing degree and its effect on the strength of binary geotechnical mixtures	11
Effect of initial packing density, stress level and particle size ratio on the behavior of binary granular material: a micromechanical approach	11
Effect of the granular material on the maximum holding force of a granular gripper	11
Analysis of contact force characteristics of vibratory finishing within pipe-cavity	11
Comparative study of high-pressure fluid flow in densely packed granules using a 3D CFD model in a continuous medium and a simplified 2D DEM-CFD approach	11
A comparative assessment and unification of bond models in DEM simulations	11
Linking shape and rotation of grains during triaxial compression of sand	11
Flow resistance in the transition from dense to dilute granular-fluid flows	10
Investigating the effects of elongation and flatness on the shear behaviour of breakable granular materials via the DEM	10
A new DEM model to simulate the abrasion behavior of irregularly-shaped coarse granular aggregates	10
Dynamic mechanical properties and mesostructure evolution of granular materials subjected to cyclic loading	10
Wave transmission in 2D nonlinear granular-solid interfaces, including rotational and frictional effects	10
The soft discrete element method	10
Stress-dilatancy behaviour of fouled ballast: experiments and DEM modelling	10
Structural evolution of granular systems: theory	10
DEM–LBM numerical modeling of submerged cohesive granular discharges	9
Effect of the intermediate principal stress on the mechanical responses of binary granular mixtures with different fines contents	9
Fine material migration modelled by cellular automata	9
Estimation of contact forces of granular materials under uniaxial compression based on a machine learning model	9
Rate-dependent drag instability in granular materials	8
Effects of plastic fines content on the engineering properties of cement-stabilized sands	8
Numerical study on movements of soil particles forming clogging layer during vacuum preloading of dredged slurry	8
A discrete element framework for modeling the mechanical behaviour of snow—Part I: Mechanical behaviour and numerical model	8
Constant speed penetration into granular materials: drag forces from the quasistatic to inertial regime	8
Influence of grain shape on stress-dilatancy parameters	8
Coriolis-induced instabilities in centrifuge modeling of granular flow	8
Influence of lateral confinement on granular flows: comparison between shear-driven and gravity-driven flows	8
A modified method for morphology quantification and generation of 2D granular particles	8
Un-jamming due to energetic instability: statics to dynamics	8
A granular thermometer	8
Porosity distribution of moving burden layers in the blast furnace throat	8
DEM numerical tests on dry granular specimens: the role of strain rate under evolving/unsteady conditions	8
A semi-empirical re-evaluation of the influence of state on elastic stiffness in granular materials	8
The influence of image analysis methodology on the calculation of granular temperature for granular flows	7
The collapse of a granular column onto an erodible bed: dynamics and morphology scaling	7
On the scaling of fragmentation and energy dissipation in collisions of dust aggregates	7
Particle fragmentation based on strain energy field	7
Characterization and modeling of granular jamming: models for mechanical design	7
Horizontal penetration of a finite-length intruder in granular materials	7
DEM simulation of anisotropic granular materials: elastic and inelastic behavior	7
Analysis of the stiffness and damping characteristics of compacted sand-in-fines granular composites: a multiscale investigation	7
Thermal cycling effects on the structure and physical properties of granular materials	7
Projectile oblique impact on granular media: penetration depth and dynamic process	7

The spherical primitive and perlin noise method to recreate realistic aggregate shapes	7
Jamming probability of granular flow in 3D hopper with shallow columns: DEM simulations	7
Identifying spatial transitions in heterogenous granular flow	7
Evaluation of sand–geomembrane interface behavior using discrete element method	7
Stress field equations for a disk subjected to self-equilibrated arbitrary loads: revisited	7
Sliding on wet sand	6
A stress dilatancy relationship for coarse-grained soils incorporating particle breakage	6
Mechanism study of the evolution of quasi-elasticity of granular soil during cyclic loading	6
The concept of the mobilized domain: how it can explain and predict the forces exerted by a cohesive granular avalanche on an obstacle	6
Numerical analysis of capillary bridges and coalescence in a triplet of spheres	6
Meso-scale signatures of inertial transitions in granular materials	6
Intruders cooperatively interact with a wall into granular matter	6
Elastic constants obtained analytically from microscopic features for regularly arranged elliptical particle assembly	6
A micromechanics-based micromorphic model for granular materials and prediction on dispersion behaviors	6
Research and application on large-scale coarse-grained soil filling characteristics and gradation optimization	6
Pore space evolution of granular assemblies under shear: an experimental study using X-ray tomography	6
A representation learning framework for detection and characterization of dead versus strain localization zones from pre- to post-failure	6
Compaction of bi-dispersed granular packing: analogy with chemical thermodynamics	6
Stress transmission in entangled granular structures	6
Granular Leidenfrost effect in microgravity	6
Investigating the rheology of fluidized and non-fluidized gas-particle beds: implications for the dynamics of geophysical flows and substrate entrainment	6
CFD-DEM coupled calculation of entrained air and particles movement characteristics during particles flow impacting the wall process	6
DEM simulation of small strain and large strain behaviors of granular soils with a coherent contact model	6
DEM study of an “avatar” railway ballast with real particle shape, fabric and contact mechanics	6
Influence of hydrate participation on the mechanical behaviour of fine-grained sediments under one-dimensional compression: a DEM study	6
Effect of particle size and shape on shear strength of sand–rubber granule mixtures	5
One-dimensional compression characteristics of uniformly graded sand under high stresses	5
On regular and random two-dimensional packing of crosses	5
Identification of jamming transition: a critical appraisal	5
Corona discharge of a vibrated insulating box with granular medium	5
Random generation of 2D geometry-controlled particles via the epicycle series	5
DEM simulations of agglomerates impact breakage using Timoshenko beam bond model	5
Fluidization of soil under increasing seepage flow: an energy perspective through CFD-DEM coupling	5
How vorticity and agglomeration control shear strength in soft cohesive granular flows	5
Forces and flow induced by a moving intruder in a granular packing: coarse-graining and DEM simulations versus experiments	5
Incremental shear strain chain: a mesoscale concept for slip lines in 2D granular materials	5
Systematic effect of particle roundness/angularity on macro- and microscopic behavior of granular materials	5
DEM modelling of railway ballast using the Conical Damage Model: a comprehensive parametrisation strategy	5
Analysis of the stress distribution in a laminar direct simple shear device and implications for test data interpretation	5
An updated critical state model by incorporating inertial effects for granular material in solid–fluid transition regime	5
A generalized three-dimensional discrete element method with electrostatic induced cohesion	5
Micromechanical modeling of the effect of dissociation on the mechanical response of hydrate-bearing sediments	5
Compressibility and crushing of coral sands under one-dimensional dynamic compaction	5
Calibration of DEM macro and micro parameters via XGBoost method	5
DEM model calibration and contact force network analysis of sand-EPS (rigid-soft) granular system subjected to one-dimensional compression	5
Experimental investigation of rapid penetration of cylindrical rods into granular materials	5
The relationship between contact network and energy dissipation in granular materials	5
Numerical analysis of the influence of the near ground turbulence on the wind-sand flow under the natural wind	5
On the determination and evolution of fabric in representative elementary volumes for a sand specimen in triaxial compression	5
Investigation of the interaction of particulate matter and its separation from the gas flow in a multi-channel cyclone with recirculation	5
Modeling of permeability for granular soils considering the particle size distribution	5