This study presents the first step of a research project that aims at using a three-dimensional(3D) hybrid finite-discrete element method(FDEM) to investigate t
The combined finiteediscrete element method(FDEM) belongs to a family of methods of computational mechanics of discontinua. The method is suitable for problems
In this paper, a modelling benchmark exercise from the DECOVALEX-2011 project is presented. The bench-mark is based on the performance and results of a laborato