Genetic algorithms for the calibration of constitutive models for soils

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-217

  Samarajiva, Prasad ^a   Macari, Emir Jose ^b   Wathugala, Wije ^c  

^a WALTER P MOORE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^c ACTA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Calibration; Constitutive models; Parameters; Soil tests

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SAND;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; MATERIAL PARAMETERS;

SOIL TESTING;

CALIBRATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 24944492809     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2005)5:3(206)     Document Type: Article

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