Orthotropic elastic response of granular materials

Computers and Structures

Volumn 64, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 667-675

  Chang, Ta Peng ^a   Chen, Born Horn ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CTCI CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS;

GLOBAL ORTHOTROPIC ELASTIC BEHAVIOR;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 0031191542     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00417-8     Document Type: Article

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