Critical state models in computational geomechanic*

Engineering Computations

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 178-197

  Gens, A ^a   Potts, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; SOILS;

CAM-CLAY MODELS; CRITICAL STATE MODELS; GEOMECHANICS; GEOTECHNICAL MATERIALS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0024072005     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb023736     Document Type: Review

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