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Earth Pressure of the Trapdoor Problem Using Three-Dimensional Discrete Element Method

Qizhi Chen¹, Chuli Xu¹, Baoping Zou^1,*, Zhanyou Luo², Changjie Xu³, Xu Long^4,*

1 School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China
2 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
3 School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, China
4 School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

* Corresponding Authors: Baoping Zou. Email: ; Xu Long. Email: