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Glenn R. McDowell is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and specializes in engineering research, with a focus on civil and structural engineering among other subfields. Their work spans several areas within engineering, including computational mechanics, management and policy, mechanical engineering, and environmental engineering.

Their research topics concentrate on geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, landslides and related hazards, soil and unsaturated flow, geotechnical engineering related to underground structures, granular flow and fluidized beds, geotechnical engineering and soil stabilization, and railway engineering and dynamics.

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics

McDowell's recent publications include work in journals with varying specializations, demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of their research. Some notable recent papers are:

  • "Modelling real particle shape in DEM: a comparison of two methods with application to railway ballast," 2022, published in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • "Discrete element modelling of normal compression of clay," 2022, published in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • "A new abrasive wear model for railway ballast," 2020, published in SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
  • "Implementation of real contact behaviour in the DEM modelling of triaxial tests on railway ballast," 2022, published in Powder Technology
  • "Discrete element modelling of two-layered ballast in a box test," 2020, published in Granular Matter

The venues where McDowell frequently publishes include:

  • Granular Matter
  • Powder Technology
  • SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

In collaboration, McDowell often works with a group of researchers, building on expertise across related subjects. Some of the frequent co-authors include:

  • John de Bono
  • Mathias Tolomeo
  • Lei Zhang
  • Huiqi Li
  • Cheng Chen

Best Publications

  • On the micromechanics of crushable aggregates

    G. R. McDowell;M. D. Bolton

  • The fractal crushing of granular materials

    G.R. McDowell;M.D. Bolton;D. Robertson

  • The importance of modelling ballast particle shape in the discrete element method

    M. Lu;G. R. McDowell

  • Effect of confining pressure on ballast degradation and deformation under cyclic triaxial loading

    J. Lackenby;Buddhima Indraratna;G. McDowell;D. Christie

  • Effect of confining pressure on the degradation of ballast under cyclic loading

    Buddhima Indraratna;J. Lackenby;D. Christie

  • Discrete element modelling of railway ballast

    W. L. Lim;G. R. McDowell

  • A method to model realistic particle shape and inertia in DEM

    Jean-Francois Ferellec;Glenn R. McDowell

  • Discrete element modelling of geogrid-reinforced aggregates

    G. R. McDowell;O. Harireche;H. Konietzky;S. F. Brown

  • On the micro mechanics of one-dimensional normal compression

    Glenn R. McDowell;John P. de Bono

  • ON THE YIELDING AND PLASTIC COMPRESSION OF SAND

    G. R. Mcdowell

  • Discrete element modelling of soil particle fracture

    G. R. McDowell;O. Harireche

  • THE APPLICATION OF WEIBULL STATISTICS TO THE FRACTURE OF SOIL PARTICLES

    G.R. Mcdowell;A. Amon

  • Cyclic loading of railway ballast under triaxial conditions and in a railway test facility

    B. Aursudkij;G. R. McDowell;A. C. Collop

  • Discrete element modelling of railway ballast under monotonic and cyclic triaxial loading

    M. Lu;G.R. McDOWELL

  • The application of Weibull statistics to the strength of railway ballast

    Wee L. Lim;Glenn R. McDowell;Andrew C. Collop

  • DEM of triaxial tests on crushable sand

    J. P. de Bono;G. R. McDowell

  • Discrete element modelling of yielding and normal compression of sand

    G. R. Mcdowell;O. Harireche

  • Modelling dilation in an idealised asphalt mixture using discrete element modelling

    Andrew C. Collop;Glenn R. McDowell;York W. Lee

  • Discrete element modelling of scaled railway ballast under triaxial conditions

    Glenn R. McDowell;Huiqi Li

  • Modelling realistic shape and particle inertia in DEM

    J. Ferellec;G. McDOWELL

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy Collop
Andy Collop De Montfort University
Hai-Sui Yu
Hai-Sui Yu University of Leeds
Nick Thom
Nick Thom University of Nottingham
Malcolm D. Bolton
Malcolm D. Bolton University of Cambridge
Gordon Airey
Gordon Airey University of Nottingham
Buddhima Indraratna
Buddhima Indraratna University of Technology Sydney
Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson University of Nottingham
Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn
Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn University of Technology Sydney
Khalid A. Alshibli
Khalid A. Alshibli University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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