Influence of using a creep, rate, or an elastoplastic model for predicting the behaviour of embankments on soft soils

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-154

  Gnanendran, C T ^a   Manivannan, G ^a   Lo, S C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis; Creep; Embankment; Geosynthetic; Reinforcement; Soft soil; Viscoplasticity

Indexed keywords

CREEP; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; FOUNDATIONS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

ELASTO-VISCOPLASTIC; MODIFIED CAM CLAY (MCC); RATE-FORMULATED; SOFT SOIL;

EMBANKMENTS;

CREEP; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EMBANKMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; FOUNDATIONS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CREEP; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EMBANKMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATION; GEOTEXTILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFT SOIL; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33744506288     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-090     Document Type: Article

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