Formulation of MIT-E3 constitutive model for overconsolidated clays

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 173-198

  Whittle, Andrew J ^a   Kavvadas, Michael J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CLAYS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; EFFECTIVE STRESS MODEL; MIT-E3 CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; MODEL; MODEL TESTS; OVERCONSOLIDATED CLAY; OVERCONSOLIDATION; STRESS MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; CONSOLIDATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HYSTERESIS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MIT E3 CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; OVERCONSOLIDATED CLAYS; STRAIN NONLINEARITY; STRAIN SOFTENING;

CLAY;

EID: 0028183942     PISSN: 0733-9410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1994)120:1(173)     Document Type: Article

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