Elastic moduli of soils dependent on pressure: A hyperelastic formulation

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-392

  Houlsby, G T ^a   Amorosi, A ^b   Rojas, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Elasticity; Stiffness; Stress

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELASTICITY MODEL; FREE ENERGY POTENTIAL; POWER FUNCTIONS; SECANT STIFFNESS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; PRESSURE EFFECT; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 21344455713     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.5.383     Document Type: Article

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