This paper investigates the fracture characteristics of silica sand particles using 3D finiteelement (FE) simulations of single particle crushing and confined 1D compression experiments. The 3D FE simulations were generated using digital image processing of insitu synchrotron microcomputed tomography (SMT) scans, unique 3D meshing algorithms, and coding development in ABAQUS FE software.
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