part, Part I: Discrete-based modelling: Pre-Failure behaviour -- chapter Keynotes -- chapter Modelling soft-particle materials / chapter Pre-peak deformation of model granular materials: A DEM study / chapter Grain-scale discrete analysis methods for real granular matter: Granular element and coupled Level Set-Discrete Element Methods / chapter Capturing the state-dependent nature of soil response using DEM / chapter Investigation of fabric evolution in elliptical granular materials for kinematic models using the Discrete Element Method / chapter Fabric of monosized granular media / chapter Change of scale in 2D granular materials: Behavior at meso- and macro-scales / chapter Fabric evolution of 3D granular materials in rotational shear / chapter Micro and macro behavior of granular materials in simple shear / chapter Effects of sample preparation methods in DEM / chapter Characterization of induced microstructures in a simulated triaxial specimen / chapter Comparison between geometrical and dynamic particle packing / chapter Incremental stress and microstructural response of granular soils under undrained axisymmetric deformation / chapter Post-failure behaviour -- chapter Particle shape and size effects -- chapter Particle crushing -- chapter Dynamic behaviour -- chapter Behaviour of bonded materials -- chapter Fracturing and fragmentation -- chapter Interface behaviour -- chapter Fluid-grain coupling -- chapter Applications -- part, Part II: Continuum-based modelling: Constitutive modelling -- chapter Constitutive modelling of fabric anisotropy in sand / chapter Sand model within anisotropic critical state theory with evolving fabric / chapter Granular material behaviour along proportional strain loading paths / chapter A quasi-static and hysteretic constitutive model for sand based on granular solid hydrodynamics: A triaxial compression example / chapter A thermo-mechanical coupled constitutive model for clay based on extended granular solid hydrodynamics / chapter SCLAY1S-BS: an anisotropic model for simulation of cyclic behaviour of clays / chapter Computations of plastic flow in granular assemblies under rotation of principal stresses / chapter A microstructural plastic potential for granular materials / chapter Pre- and post-failure analysis using a two-scale constitutive model / chapter Modelling the shear strength and dilatancy of dry sand in triaxial compression tests / chapter Incorporation of initial static shear stress in the dilatancy flow rule of granular materials under quasi-static loading / chapter Why do constitutive models using (p and q) have problems? / chapter Method for shear strength of coarse granular materials based on fractal grain crushing / chapter A theory predicting breakage dependence of critical state in sand / chapter A new method for establishing elastic-viscoplastic constitutive model of clay / chapter Modelling tertiary creep in geomaterials using a continuum damage mechanics approach / chapter The constitutive model for unsaturated sands based on thermodynamics / chapter Comparison of strength criteria of rock under complex stress state / chapter Constitutive modelling of granular soils and interfaces considering their internal state / chapter Microscopic image of meta-stability of clays / chapter Thermodynamically consistent fabric tensor definition from DEM to continuum / chapter Multiscale failure modeling in granular soils / chapter Multi-scale modelling -- chapter Multiphase modelling -- chapter Fluid flow modelling -- chapter Numerical modelling – continuum based methods -- chapter Numerical modelling – particle based methods -- part, Part III: Experiment-based investigation: Micro-scale experiments -- chapter 3D fracture behavior of sand at the particle level: Experimental versus numerical modeling / chapter An experimental investigation of the micromechanical behaviour of cemented sand particles / chapter Experimental investigation into the primary fabric of stress transmitting particles / chapter Photo-elastic and DIC techniques to study development of shear and compaction bands within granular materials / chapter Application of digital image technology for investigation of shear band of soil specimen in triaxial test / chapter 3 Three-Dimensional Translucent Segregation Table (3D-TST) test for soil particle size and shape distribution