A constitutive model for unsaturated soils: Thermomechanical and computational aspects

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 453-465

  Sheng, D ^a   Sloan, S W ^a   Gens, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constitutive modelling; Finite element method; Thermodynamics; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS; SWELLING; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WETTING;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING; DEGREE OF SATURATION; NEUTRAL LOADING; UNSATURATED SOILS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 3142512733     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-003-0545-x     Document Type: Article

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