Large Open Pit Project, research activity report of the CSIRO LOP team.
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You can download  the complete Annual Report 2007 of the group or select a paper in the following list :

• Material instability in granular media: from macroscopic to microscopic description (Sibille, Donze, Darve, Nicot)
• Discrete incremental non-linearity in granular materials (Nicot, Darve)
• Solid image, a new tool for sampling rock fractures by a remote sensing way (Fricout)

PART TWO: IMPACTS ON PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES

• Experimental study of the dissipative efficiency of multilayer protective structures (Lorentz, Donze, Perrotin, Plotto)
• Missile impact on a concrete slab: a 3D discrete element study (Shiu, Donze, Daudeville)
• Coupled finite/discrete elements method to analyze localized impact on concrete structure (Frangin, Marin, Daudeville)

Annual Report 2004
 
You can download  the complete Annual Report 2004 of the group  (4 Mo) or select a paper in the following list :


PART ONE: SLOPE AND ROCK CLIFF STABILITY 

• Instability study in granular medium using a discrete element method (Sibille, Donze, Darve, Nicot) 
• Rock slope stability from microscale to macroscale level (Lambert, Darve, Nicot) 
• Discrete instabilities in granular materials (Darve, Servant, Laouafa) 

PART TWO: ROCK FALL IMPACT ON PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES   

• High energy impact on embankments: a numerical discrete approach (Plassiard, Donze, Plotto)
• Numerical study of rockfalls on covered galleries by the Discrete Elements Method (Shiu & Donze) 
• Experimental investigation of the dissipative efficiency of a multilayered protective structure against rockfall (Lorentz, Donze, Plotto) 
• Discrete lattice model used to describe the fracture process of concrete (Koziscki)

PART THREE: MODELING GEOSYNTHETICS   

• Development of a specific geosynthetic module in the discrete elements software SDEC (Villard & Lehello)