TY - JOUR
T1 - DEM calibration of cohesive material in the ring shear test by applying a genetic algorithm framework
AU - Mohajeri, Javad
AU - Do, Huy
AU - Schott, Dingena
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This research demonstrates capturing different stress states and history dependency in a cohesive bulk material by DEM simulations. An automated calibration procedure, based on the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm, is applied. It searches for the appropriate simulation parameters of an Elasto-Plastic Adhesive contact model such that its response is best fitted to the shear stress measured in experiments. Using this calibration procedure, the optimal set of DEM input parameters are successfully found to reproduce the measured shear stresses of the cohesive coal sample in two different pre-consolidation levels. The calibrated simulation resembles the stress history dependent values of shear stress, bulk density and wall friction. Through the case study of the ring shear tester, this research demonstrates the robustness and accuracy of the calibration framework using multi-objective optimization on multi-variable calibration problems irrespective of the chosen contact model.
AB - This research demonstrates capturing different stress states and history dependency in a cohesive bulk material by DEM simulations. An automated calibration procedure, based on the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm, is applied. It searches for the appropriate simulation parameters of an Elasto-Plastic Adhesive contact model such that its response is best fitted to the shear stress measured in experiments. Using this calibration procedure, the optimal set of DEM input parameters are successfully found to reproduce the measured shear stresses of the cohesive coal sample in two different pre-consolidation levels. The calibrated simulation resembles the stress history dependent values of shear stress, bulk density and wall friction. Through the case study of the ring shear tester, this research demonstrates the robustness and accuracy of the calibration framework using multi-objective optimization on multi-variable calibration problems irrespective of the chosen contact model.
KW - Ring shear test
KW - DEM calibration
KW - Pre-consolidation
KW - Cohesive material
KW - Genetic algorithm (GA)
KW - Multi-objective optimization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apt.2020.02.019
DO - 10.1016/j.apt.2020.02.019
M3 - Article
SN - 0921-8831
VL - 31
SP - 1838
EP - 1850
JO - Advanced Powder Technology
JF - Advanced Powder Technology
IS - 5
ER -