Quantitative correlation of rock fragment gradation parameters and TBM disc cutter efficiency: Insights from DEM simulations

• Jiawei An,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Civil Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

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• Qianlong Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Civil Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

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• Jianxing Liao ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: jxliao@gzu.edu.cn (JL); dbzhang@gzu.edu.cn (DZ)

  Affiliations College of Civil Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, College of Water Resources and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5474-4163

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• Chaolin Wang,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Civil Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

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• Yachen Xie,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, College of Water Resources and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

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• Yiqiang Lu,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation China Railway Eng. Equipment Group Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, China

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• Fei He,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation School of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

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• Dabin Zhang

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jxliao@gzu.edu.cn (JL); dbzhang@gzu.edu.cn (DZ)

  Affiliation School of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

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