Stress-strain modeling of EPS geofoam for large-strain applications

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-90

  Hazarika, Hemanta ^a  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constitutive law; EPS geofoam; Hardening; Modified yield stress; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; POLYSTYRENES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIP; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE GEOFOAM; STRESS-STRAIN MODELING;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

FOAM; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 32144449215     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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