Aponte, D., Barés, J., Renouf, M., Azéma, É., & Estrada, N. (2025). Experimental exploration of geometric cohesion and solid fraction in columns of highly non-convex Platonic polypods. Granular Matter, 27(1), 27.
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Émilien Azéma (78)
- Journal articles (53)
- 2025
Journal article Journal article Binaree, T., Jitsangiam, P., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2025). Packing of cohesive angular particles: Cohesive strength, structure, and effects of angularity. Physical review. E, 111(1), 015407 (10 pages).
- 2024
Journal article Sanchez, P., Azéma, É., Hoover, C., Ryan, A., Ballouz, R.-L., Connolly, H. C. J., & Lauretta, D. S. (2024). A revised modelling of the strength of regolith in asteroid. Bulletin of the AAS, 55(8).Journal article Binaree, T., Kwunjai, S., Jitsangiam, P., Azéma, É., & Jing, G. (2024). Assessment of macro and micro mechanical properties of fresh and deteriorated ballast combining laboratory tests and 2D-discrete element methods. Construction and Building Materials, 420, 135525 (12 pages).Journal article Cantor, D., Azéma, É., & Ovalle, C. (2024). Failure of an effective stress approach in polydisperse wet granular materials. Physical Review Research, 6(2), 022008 (8 pages).Journal article Aponte, D., Estrada, N., Barés, J., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2024). Geometric cohesion in two-dimensional systems composed of star-shaped particles. Physical Review E, 109(4), 044908 (11 pages).Journal article Polanía, O., Estrada, N., Azéma, É., Renouf, M., & Cabrera, M. (2024). Polydispersity effect on dry and immersed granular collapses: an experimental study. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 983, A40 (19 pages).Journal article Quiroz-Rojo, P., Cantor, D., Renouf, M., Ovalle, C., & Azéma, É. (2024). Rev assessment of granular materials with varied grading based on macro- and micro-mechanical statistical data. ACTA Geotechnica, 14 pages.Journal article Wang, W., Barés, J., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2024). Steady granular flow in a rotating drum: A theoretical nonlocal model for characterizing stress, velocity, and packing fraction profiles, encompassing grain shape effects from convex to highly concave. Physical Review Research, 6(4).
- 2023
Journal article Coppin, N., Henry, M., Cabrera, M., Azéma, É., Dubois, F., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2023). Collapse dynamics of two-dimensional dry and immersed granular columns of elongated grains. Physical Review Fluids, 8(9), 094303 (20 pages).Journal article Barés, J., Cárdenas-Barrantes, M., Pinzón, G., Andò, E., Renouf, M., Viggiani, G., & Azéma, É. (2023). Compacting an assembly of soft balls far beyond the jammed state: Insights from three-dimensional imaging. Physical Review E, 108(4), 044901 (10 pages).Journal article Polanía, O., Cabrera, M., Renouf, M., Azéma, É., & Estrada, N. (2023). Grain size distribution does not affect the residual shear strength of granular materials: An experimental proof. Physical Review E, 107(5), L052901 (6 pages).Journal article Bignon, A., Renouf, M., Sicard, R., & Azéma, É. (2023). Nonlinear effect of grain elongation on the flow rate in silo discharge. Physical Review E, 108(5), 054901 (12 pages).
- 2022
Journal article Polanía, O., Cabrera, M., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2022). Collapse of dry and immersed polydisperse granular columns: A unified runout description. Physical Review Fluids, 7(8), 084304 (16 pages).Journal article Cárdenas-Barrantes, M., Barés, J., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2022). Experimental validation of a micromechanically based compaction law for mixtures of soft and hard grains. Physical Review E, 106(2), L022901 (6 pages).
- 2021
Journal article Sánchez, P., Renouf, M., Azéma, É., Mozul, R., & Dubois, F. (2021). A contact dynamics code implementation for the simulation of asteroid evolution and regolith in the asteroid environment. Icarus, 363, 114441 (16 pages).
- 2020
Journal article Binaree, T., Azéma, É., Estrada, N., Renouf, M., & Preechawuttipong, I. (2020). Combined effects of contact friction and particle shape on strength properties and microstructure of sheared granular media. Physical Review E, 102(2), 022901 (9 pages).Journal article Cantor, D., Cárdenas-Barrantes, M., Preechawuttipong, I., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2020). Compaction Model for Highly Deformable Particle Assemblies. Physical Review Letters, 124(20), 208003 (6 pages).Journal article Cantor, D., Azéma, É., & Preechawuttipong, I. (2020). Microstructural analysis of sheared polydisperse polyhedral grains. Physical Review E, 101(6), 062901 (12 pages).
- 2019
Journal article Binaree, T., Preechawuttipong, I., & Azéma, É. (2019). Effects of particle shape mixture on strength and structure of sheared granular materials. Physical Review E, 100(1), 012904 (10 pages).Journal article Linero Molina, S., Azéma, É., Estrada, N., Fityus, S., Simmons, J., & Lizcano, A. (2019). Impact of grading on steady-state strength. Géotechnique Letters, 9(4), 328-333.
- 2018
Journal article Azéma, É., Radjaï, F., & Roux, J.-N. (2018). Inertial shear flow of assemblies of frictionless polygons: Rheology and microstructure. European Physical Journal E, 41(1), 2 (12 pages).Journal article Cantor, D., Azéma, É., Sornay, P., & Radjai, F. (2018). Rheology and structure of polydisperse three-dimensional packings of spheres. Physical Review E, 98(5), 052910 (11 pages).Journal article Nguyen, D.-H., Azéma, É., Sornay, P., & Radjaï, F. (2018). Rheology of granular materials composed of crushable particles. European Physical Journal E, 41(4), 50 (11 pages).Journal article Azéma, É., Sánchez, P., & Scheeres, D. J. (2018). Scaling behavior of cohesive self-gravitating aggregates. Physical Review E, 98(3), 030901(R) (6 pages).
- 2017
Journal article Azéma, É., Linero, S., Estrada, N., & Lizcano, A. (2017). Shear strength and microstructure of polydisperse packings: The effect of size span and shape of particle size distribution. Physical Review E, 96(2), 022902 (10 pages).Journal article Cantor, D., Azéma, É., Sornay, P., & Radjai, F. (2017). Three-dimensional bonded-cell model for grain fragmentation. Computational Particle Mechanics, 4(4), 441-450.
- 2016
Journal article Azéma, É., Preechawuttipong, I., & Radjai, F. (2016). Binary mixtures of disks and elongated particles: Texture and mechanical properties. Physical Review E, 94(4), 04291 (12 pages).
- 2015
Journal article Nguyen, D.-H., Azéma, É., Sornay, P., & Radjai, F. (2015). Bonded-cell model for particle fracture. Physical Review E, 91(2), 022203 (9 pages).Journal article Nguyen, D.-H., Azéma, É., Sornay, P., & Radjai, F. (2015). Effects of shape and size polydispersity on strength properties of granular materials. Physical Review E, 91(3), 032203 (9 pages).Journal article Azéma, É., Radjaï, F., & Roux, J.-N. (2015). Internal friction and absence of dilatancy of packings of frictionless polygons. Physical Review E, 91(1), 010202(R) (5 pages).Journal article Berger, N., Azéma, É., Douce, J.-F., & Radjai, F. (2015). Scaling behaviour of cohesive granular flows. Europhysics Letters, 112(6), 64004 (7 pages).Journal article Cantor, D., Estrada, N., & Azéma, É. (2015). Split-Cell Method for grain fragmentation. Computers and Geotechnics, 67, 150-156.
- 2014
Journal article Nguyen, D.-H., Azéma, É., Radjai, F., & Sornay, P. (2014). Effect of size polydispersity versus particle shape in dense granular media. Physical Review E, 90(1), 012202 (12 pages).Journal article Azéma, É., & Radjaï, F. (2014). Internal Structure of Inertial Granular Flows. Physical Review Letters, 112(7), 078001 (5 pages).Journal article Boton, M., Estrada, N., Azéma, É., & Radjaï, F. (2014). Particle alignment and clustering in sheared granular materials composed of platy particles. European Physical Journal E, 37(11), 116 (8 pages).
- 2013
Journal article Azéma, É., Radjai, F., & Dubois, F. (2013). Packings of irregular polyhedral particles: Strength, structure, and effects of angularity. Physical Review E, 87(6), 062203 (14 pages).Journal article Boton, M., Azéma, É., Estrada, N., Radjaï, F., & Lizcano, A. (2013). Quasistatic rheology and microstructural description of sheared granular materials composed of platy particles. Physical Review E, 87(3), 032206 (12 pages).Journal article Azéma, É., Radjaï, F., Saint-Cyr, B., Delenne, J.-Y., & Sornay, P. (2013). Rheology of three-dimensional packings of aggregates: Microstructure and effects of nonconvexity. Physical Review E, 87(5), 052205 (13 pages).
- 2012
Journal article Visseq, V., Martin, A., Iceta, D., Azéma, É., Dureisseix, D., & Alart, P. (2012). Dense granular dynamics analysis by a domain decomposition approach. Computational Mechanics, 49(6), 709-723.Journal article Azéma, É., Descantes, Y., Roquet, N., Roux, J.-N., & Chevoir, F. (2012). Discrete simulation of dense flows of polyhedral grains down a rough inclined plane. Physical Review E, 86(3), 031303 (14 pages).Journal article Radjai, F., Delenne, J. Y., Azéma, É., & Roux, S. (2012). Fabric evolution and accessible geometrical states in granular materials. Granular Matter, 14(2), 259-264.Journal article Azéma, É., & Radjaï, F. (2012). Force chains and contact network topology in sheared packings of elongated particles. Physical Review E, 85(3), 031303 (12 pages).Journal article Azéma, É., Estrada, N., & Radjaï, F. (2012). Nonlinear effects of particle shape angularity in sheared granular media. Physical Review E, 86(4), 041301 (15 pages).Journal article Saint-Cyr, B., Szarf, K., Voivret, C., Azéma, É., Richefeu, V., Delenne, J. Y., Combe, G., Nouguier-Lehon, C., Villard, P., Sornay, P., Chaze, M., & Radjai, F. (2012). Particle shape dependence in 2D granular media. Europhysics Letters, 98(4), 44008 (6 pages).
- 2011
Journal article Estrada, N., Azéma, É., Radjai, F., & Taboada, A. (2011). Identification of rolling resistance as a shape parameter in sheared granular media. Physical Review E, 84(1), 011306 (5 pages).
- 2010
Journal article Azéma, É., & Radjaï, F. (2010). Stress-strain behavior and geometrical properties of packings of elongated particles. Physical Review E, 81(5), 051304 (17 pages).
- 2009
Journal article Richefeu, V., El Youssoufi, M. S., Azéma, É., & Radjaï, F. (2009). Force transmission in dry and wet granular media. Powder Technology, 190(1-2), 258-263.Journal article Azéma, É., Radjai, F., & Saussine, G. (2009). Quasistatic rheology, force transmission and fabric properties of a packing of irregular polyhedral particles. Mechanics of Materials, 41(6), 729-741.Journal article Radjai, F., & Azéma, É. (2009). Shear strength of granular materials. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 13(2), 203-218.
- 2008
Journal article Azéma, É., Radjaï, F., Peyroux, R., Richefeu, V., & Saussine, G. (2008). Short-time dynamics of a packing of polyhedral grains under horizontal vibrations. European Physical Journal E, 26(3), 327-335.
- 2007
Journal article Azéma, É., Radjaï, F., Peyroux, R., & Saussine, G. (2007). Force transmission in a packing of pentagonal particles. Physical Review E, 76(1), 011301 (13 pages).
- 2006
Journal article Azéma, É., Radjaï, F., Peyroux, R., Dubois, F., & Saussine, G. (2006). Vibrational dynamics of confined granular materials. Physical Review E, 74(3), 031302 (10 pages).
- 2025
- Conference papers (25)
- 2024
Conference paper Quiroz-Rojo, P., Ovalle, C., Girumugisha, G., Cantor, D., Azéma, É., & Renouf, M. (2024, November). Particle size effects on critical strength of granular soils through numerical and laboratory testing [Paper]. 17th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (PCSMGE 2024), La Serena, Chile (5 pages).Conference paper Coppin, N., Cabrera, M. A., Azéma, É., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2024, May). Simulations numériques d'effondrement de colonnes de grains allongés [Paper]. 16ième Colloque national en calcul des structures (CSMA 2024), Presqu’île de Giens (5 pages).
- 2023
Conference paper Polania, O., Estrada, N., Renouf, M., Azéma, É., & Cabrera, M. (2023, June). Granular column collapse : the role of particle size polydispersity on the velocity and runout [Paper]. 8th International Conference on Debris Flow Hazard Mitigation (DFHM 2023), Torino, Italy (3 pages). Published in E3S Web of Conference, 415.Conference paper Sanchez, P., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2023, March). Modelling gravitational accretion : observable polydispersity at the surface VS real polydispersity preliminary results [Paper]. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA / En ligne / Online (2 pages).
- 2022
Conference paper Wang, W., Barés, J., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2022, August). Écoulement en tambour tournant de milieux granulaires à grains fortement concaces [Paper]. 25ième Congrès Français de Mécanique 2022 (CFM 2022), Nantes, France.Conference paper Cardenas-Barrantes, M., Barés, J., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2022, August). Mixtures of soft and rigid grains : an experimental approach [Mélange de grains durs et mous : une approche expérimentale]. [Presentation]. In 25ième Congrès Français de Mécanique 2022 (CFM 2022), Nantes, France.Conference paper Barès, J., Azéma, É., & Renouf, M. (2022, August). Rhéologie des milieux granulaires à grains fortement concaves [Paper]. 25ième Congrès Français de Mécanique 2022 (CFM 2022), Nantes, France.Conference paper Coppin, N., Lambrechts, J., Cabrera, M., Azéma, É., Dubois, F., & Legat, V. (2022, May). Simulations numériques d'avalanches de grains allongés [Paper]. 14ième Colloque national en calcul des structures (CSMA 2022), Presqu’île de Giens (7 pages).
- 2021
Conference paper Sanchez, P., Renouf, M., Azéma, É., & Mozul, R. (2021, July). A contact dynamics open source code for the simulation of granular asteroid with realistic regolith shapes - application to the accretion process [Paper]. 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2021), Buenos, Argentina (4 pages). Published in E3S Web of Conference, 249.Conference paper Cantor, D., Cárdenas-Barrantes, M., Preechawuttipong, I., Renouf, M., & Azéma, É. (2021, July). Bulk modulus of soft particle assemblies under compression [Paper]. 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2021) (4 pages). Published in EPJ Web of Conferences, 249.Conference paper Linero-Molina, S., Azéma, É., Estrada, N., Fityus, S., Simmons, J., & Lizcano, A. (2021, July). Impact of sample scaling on shear strength : coupled effects of grains size and shape [Paper]. 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2021), Buenos, Argentina (4 pages). Published in E3S Web of Conference, 249.Conference paper Binaree, T., Azéma, É., Estrada, N., Renouf, M., & Preechawuttipong, I. (2021, July). Shape or friction? Which of these characteristics drives the shear strength in granular systems? [Paper]. 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2021), Buenos, Argentina (4 pages). Published in E3S Web of Conference, 249.
- 2020
Conference paper Linero, S., Fityus, S., Simmons, J. V., Azéma, É., Estrada, N., & Dixon, J. (2020, May). Influence of particle size-shape correlation on the shear strength of scaled samples of coarse mine waste [Paper]. International Symposium on Slope Stability in Open Pit Mining and Civil Engineering (Slope Stability 2020), Perth, Australia.
- 2019
Conference paper Contreras, R. J., Berger, N., Izard, E., Douce, J.-F., Koltsov, A., Delenne, J.-Y., Azéma, É., Nezamabadi, S., Van Loo, F., Pellenq, R., & Radjai, F. (2019, July). Cohesive strength of iron ore granules [Paper]. 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2019), Montpellier, France (4 pages). Published in E3S Web of Conference, 140.Conference paper Azéma, É., Linero, S., Estrada, N., & Lizcano, A. (2019, July). Does modifying the particle size distribution of a granular material (i.e. material scalping) alters its shear strength? [Paper]. 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2019), Montpellier, France (4 pages). Published in E3S Web of Conference, 140.Conference paper Azéma, É., Estrada, N., Preechawuttipong, I., Delenne, J.-Y., & Radjai, F. (2019, July). Systematic description of the effect of particle shape on the strength properties of granular media [Paper]. 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2019), Montpellier, France (4 pages). Published in E3S Web of Conference, 140.Conference paper Binaree, T., Preechawuttipong, I., & Azéma, É. (2019, December). Texture properties of a-2D granular mixture of an angular particle under bi-axial compression [Paper]. 10th International Conference on Mechanics Engineeing (TSME-ICOME 2019), Pattaya, Thailand (7 pages). Published in IoP Conference Series : Materials Science and Engineering, 886.Conference paper Renouf, M., Azéma, É., & Mozul, R. (2019, September). The contact dynamics (CD) method, as a discrette element method for the simulation of granular asteroid [Paper]. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (2 pages).
- 2014
Conference paper Nguyen, D. H., Azéma, É., Sornay, P., & Radjai, F. (2014, September). Evolution of particle size distribution in crushable granular materials [Paper]. TC105 International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, Cambridge, UK.Conference paper Cantor, D., Estrada, N., & Azéma, É. (2014, September). New approach to grain fragmentation for discrete element methods [Paper]. TC105 Internationa Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, Cambridge, UK.
- 2013
Conference paper Combe, G., Nouguier-Lehon, C., Azéma, É., Szarf, K., Saint-Cyr, B., Chaze, M., Radjaï, F., Villard, P., Delenne, J.-Y., Richefeu, V., Sornay, P., Voivret, C., & Group, C. E. G. E. O. (2013, July). A benchmark for particle shape dependence [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media (Powders and Grains 2013), Sydney, Australia. Published in AIP Conference Proceedings, 1542(1).Conference paper Estrada, N., Azéma, É., Radjai, F., & Taboada, A. (2013, July). Comparison of the effects of rolling resistance and angularity in sheared granular media [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media (Powders and Grains 2013), Sydney, Australia. Published in AIP Conference Proceedings, 1542(1).Conference paper Boton, C., Azéma, É., Estrada, N., Radjai, F., & Lizcano, A. (2013, July). Shear strength and microstructure of 3D assemblies of platy particles [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Meda (Powder and Grains 2013), Sydney, Australia. Published in AIP Conference Proceedings, 1542(1).Conference paper Azéma, É., Estrada, N., & Radjai, F. (2013, July). Shear strength, force distributions and friction mobilization in sheared packings composed of angular particles [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media (Powder and Grains 2013), Sydney, Australia. Published in AIP Conference Proceedings, 1542(1).
- 2011
Conference paper Azéma, É., & Radjaї, F. (2011, May). Microscopic Origins of Shear Strength in Packings Composed of Elongated Particles [Paper]. 9th International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials, Porquerolles, France.
- 2024