Research Article

Three-Dimensional Discrete Element Analysis of Crushing Characteristics of Calcareous Sand Particles

Table 2

Microscopic parameters of numerical simulation.

CategoryModelParticle parametersParticle crushing criterion parameters
Parameters/mm/mm/GPa

Value39.1802.710.50.020.320.012.91

Note: is the sample diameter; is the sample height; is the particle density; is the friction coefficient of particles; is the shear modulus of particles; is the Poisson’s ratio of particles; is the ultimate particle size of particle breakage; is the reference particle size; is the crushing strength corresponding to the reference particle size; is the Weibull modulus.