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A novel method, designated as the Rotation of Principal Axes Method (RPAM), capable of examining the double-shearing type kinematic models for granular materials is presented herein. A planar velocity field, which is proposed to represent a continuous rotation of principal strain rate axes, is applied to each model to analyse the rotation of principal stress axes. The proposed approach was proven to show main features of the double-shearing model, the double-sliding free-rotating model, and the revised double-shearing model, in a simple way interesting to geo-researchers. Furthermore, the RPAM was efficient in investigating the choice of a Cosserat rotation rate in kinematic theories and determining a key model parameter in the revised double-shearing model.
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Jiang, M., Yu, HS. & Harris, D. A novel approach to examining double-shearing type models for granular materials. Granular Matter 7, 157–168 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-005-0202-5
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