45,000 implicit DEM simulations for particle crushing, encompassing a total of 900 different particle types. This includes the Cartesian product of 20 distinct particle diameters, 15 different scaled shapes along the (X, Y, Z) axes, and 3 different compression axes under one-dimensional compression.

The present work investigates the effect of both surface roughness and particle morphology on the retention behaviour of granular materials. To study this, X-ray micro-computed tomography tests were performed on two different sands (i.e. natural and roughened). Each sample was subjected to either drainage or soaking paths consisting in a multiphase ‘static’ flow of potassium iodine (KI) brine (wetting phase) and dry air (non-wetting phase). Tomograms were taken at different saturation st...

3D digital sand grains