| 1 | Cohesive, frictional powders: contact models for tension | Granular Matter | 2008 | 482 |
| 2 | Velocity distributions in homogeneous granular fluids: the free and the heated case | Granular Matter | 1998 | 404 |
| 3 | Review on testers for measuring flow properties of bulk solids | Granular Matter | 2003 | 268 |
| 4 | An approach to simulate the motion of spherical and non-spherical fuel particles in combustion chambers | Granular Matter | 2001 | 243 |
| 5 | The flow rate of granular materials through an orifice | Granular Matter | 2007 | 221 |
| 6 | A method to model realistic particle shape and inertia in DEM | Granular Matter | 2010 | 216 |
| 7 | Energy absorption during compression and impact of dry elastic-plastic spherical granules | Granular Matter | 2010 | 211 |
| 8 | Experiments on corn pressure in silo cells – translation and comment of Janssen's paper from 1895 | Granular Matter | 2005 | 205 |
| 9 | Fourier–Voronoi-based generation of realistic samples for discrete modelling of granular materials | Granular Matter | 2012 | 203 |
| 10 | Fundamental study of thermal conduction in dry soils | Granular Matter | 2007 | 195 |
| 11 | Investigation of adequacy of multi-sphere approximation of elliptical particles for DEM simulations | Granular Matter | 2009 | 183 |
| 12 | Discrete Element Method Analysis of Railtrack Ballast Degradation during Cyclic Loading | Granular Matter | 2006 | 180 |
| 13 | Discrete element modelling of railway ballast | Granular Matter | 2005 | 179 |
| 14 | Stress, stress asymmetry and couple stress: from discrete particles to continuous fields | Granular Matter | 2010 | 176 |
| 15 | DEM investigation on the evolution of microstructure in granular soils under shearing | Granular Matter | 2013 | 171 |
| 16 | Influence of relative density on granular materials behavior: DEM simulations of triaxial tests | Granular Matter | 2009 | 165 |
| 17 | Coefficient of restitution and linear–dashpot model revisited | Granular Matter | 2007 | 154 |
| 18 | Micromechanical analysis of cohesive granular materials using the discrete element method with an adhesive elasto-plastic contact model | Granular Matter | 2014 | 153 |
| 19 | Modelling of concrete behaviour in uniaxial compression and tension with DEM | Granular Matter | 2015 | 150 |
| 20 | Regimes of segregation and mixing in combined size and density granular systems: an experimental study | Granular Matter | 2005 | 147 |
| 21 | An implementation of the soft-sphere discrete element method in a high-performance parallel gravity tree-code | Granular Matter | 2012 | 146 |
| 22 | Computer simulation of uniformly heated granular fluids | Granular Matter | 2000 | 145 |
| 23 | An algorithm to generate random dense arrangements for discrete element simulations of granular assemblies | Granular Matter | 2005 | 142 |
| 24 | Discrete element modelling of geomechanical behaviour of methane hydrate soils with pore-filling hydrate distribution | Granular Matter | 2010 | 142 |
| 25 | Solitary wave trains in granular chains: experiments, theory and simulations | Granular Matter | 2007 | 140 |
| 26 | The influence of inter-particle friction and the intermediate stress ratio on soil response under generalised stress conditions | Granular Matter | 2012 | 140 |
| 27 | On the accuracy of the Hertz model to describe the normal contact of soft elastic spheres | Granular Matter | 2007 | 139 |
| 28 | Granular solid hydrodynamics | Granular Matter | 2009 | 138 |
| 29 | The application of Weibull statistics to the strength of railway ballast | Granular Matter | 2004 | 135 |
| 30 | Influence of particle shape on sheared dense granular media | Granular Matter | 2007 | 135 |
| 31 | Effects of particle asphericity on the macro- and micro-mechanical behaviors of granular assemblies | Granular Matter | 2017 | 135 |
| 32 | Generating realistic 3D sand particles using Fourier descriptors | Granular Matter | 2012 | 133 |
| 33 | Macroscopic material properties from quasi-static, microscopic simulations of a two-dimensional shear-cell | Granular Matter | 2000 | 130 |
| 34 | Cyclic loading of railway ballast under triaxial conditions and in a railway test facility | Granular Matter | 2009 | 125 |
| 35 | Discrete element simulations of direct shear tests with particle angularity effect | Granular Matter | 2015 | 123 |
| 36 | DEM investigation of particle anti-rotation effects on the micromechanical response of granular materials | Granular Matter | 2013 | 122 |
| 37 | Strong force networks in granular mixtures | Granular Matter | 2013 | 122 |
| 38 | A spherical discrete element model: calibration procedure and incremental response | Granular Matter | 2009 | 121 |
| 39 | Dense inclined flows of inelastic spheres: tests of an extension of kinetic theory | Granular Matter | 2010 | 119 |
| 40 | From discrete particles to continuum fields near a boundary | Granular Matter | 2012 | 118 |
| 41 | Three-dimensional distinct element simulation of spherocylinder crystallization | Granular Matter | 2005 | 117 |
| 42 | Statistical properties of a 2D granular material subjected to cyclic shear | Granular Matter | 2010 | 117 |
| 43 | DEM of triaxial tests on crushable sand | Granular Matter | 2014 | 115 |
| 44 | Discrete element simulation of ballast and gravel under special consideration of grain-shape, grain-size and relative density | Granular Matter | 2010 | 112 |
| 45 | Comprehensive study of the effects of rolling resistance on the stress–strain and strain localization behavior of granular materials | Granular Matter | 2010 | 111 |
| 46 | On contact numbers in random rod packings | Granular Matter | 2009 | 108 |
| 47 | Dense inclined flows of inelastic spheres | Granular Matter | 2007 | 106 |
| 48 | How to handle the inelastic collapse of a dissipative hard-sphere gas with the TC model | Granular Matter | 1998 | 103 |
| 49 | A bond model for DEM simulation of cementitious materials and deformable structures | Granular Matter | 2014 | 103 |
| 50 | Microstructure evolution of granular soils in cyclic mobility and post-liquefaction process | Granular Matter | 2016 | 103 |