Modelling the brittle rock failure by the quaternion-based bonded-particle model in DEM

This paper presents an investigation of brittle rock failure by the quaternion-based bonded-particle model in discrete element method (DEM). Unlike traditional approaches that utilize Euler angles or rotation matrices, this model employs unit quaternions to represent the spatial rotations of particl...

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Main Authors: Tao Zhao, Philip E.F. Collins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-04-01
Series:Rock Mechanics Bulletin
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773230424000143