Constitutive model for rockfill materials and determination of material constants

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 226-237

  Varadarajan, A ^a   Sharma, K G ^b   Abbas, S M ^c   Dhawan, A K ^d  

^a DR M G R EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Central Soil and Materials Research Station India   (India)

Author keywords

Constitutive models; Material properties; Rockfills; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; MATERIAL CONSTANTS; ROCKFILL MATERIALS; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; LOADING TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCKFILL; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 33746049163     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2006)6:4(226)     Document Type: Article

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