A constitutive model for granular materials with grain crushing and its application to a pyroclastic soil

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1531-1560

  Cecconi, Manuela ^a   DeSimone, Antonio ^b   Tamagnini, Claudio ^a   Viggiani, Giulia M B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fabric structure of soils; Grain crushing; Plasticity; Pyroclastic soils; Soft rocks

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; DEGRADATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; GEOMETRY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PLASTIC FLOW; STRAIN HARDENING;

GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; CRUSHING; DILATANCY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; PLASTICITY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT;

EID: 0347298826     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.257     Document Type: Article

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