Modelling chemo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated clays: A feasibility study

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 919-940

  Liu, Z ^a   Boukpeti, N ^b,c   Li, X ^a   Collin, F ^b,d   Radu, J P ^b   Hueckel, T ^e   Charlier, R ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d FNRS   (Belgium)

^e Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical softening; Constitutive models; Plasticity; Swelling clays; Tunnelling; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPURITIES; SOILS;

CHEMO-ELASTIC SWELLING; CHEMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL (CHM) BEHAVIOUR; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATION; UNSATURATED SOIL MODELS;

CLAY;

TUNNELING; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 23144453899     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.444     Document Type: Article

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