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Discrete element model calibration based on in situ measurements

Istvan Keppler (Mechanics and Machinery, MATE, Gödöllő, Hungary)
Adrienn Bablena (Mechanics and Machinery, MATE, Gödöllő, Hungary)
Nihal D. Salman (Mechanics and Machinery, MATE, Gödöllő, Hungary) (Baquba Technical Institute, Bagdad, Iraq)
Péter Kiss (Mechanics and Machinery, MATE, Gödöllő, Hungary)

Engineering Computations

ISSN: 0264-4401

Article publication date: 31 December 2021

Issue publication date: 3 May 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

Transportation of the measurement samples from their original place to the measurement site causes significant changes in their mechanical properties. The possibility of making in situ measurements helps to create more precise discrete element models.

Design/methodology/approach

The possibility of using in situ modified vane shear test based measurement for the calibration of discrete element models is demonstrated in this work.

Findings

The advantage of employing the adjusted vane test is that the values of in situ measurements can be used for the calibration.

Originality/value

The procedure we present allows us to perform accurate discrete element calibration using data from on-site measurements that can be performed quickly and easily.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme and by the Mechanical Engineering Doctoral School, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary.

Citation

Keppler, I., Bablena, A., Salman, N.D. and Kiss, P. (2022), "Discrete element model calibration based on in situ measurements", Engineering Computations, Vol. 39 No. 5, pp. 1947-1961. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-05-2021-0288

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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