Modelling the behaviour of an embankment on soft clay with different constitutive models

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 953-982

  Karstunen, Minna ^a   Wiltafsky, C ^b,c,d   Krenn, H ^a   Scharinger, F ^c   Schweiger, H F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Verbundplan GmbH   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Destructuration; Embankment; Fabric; Numerical modelling; Soft clay; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BONDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EMBANKMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; DESTRUCTURATION; PLASTIC ANISOTROPY; SOFT CLAY;

CLAY;

ANISOTROPY; BONDING; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EMBANKMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANISOTROPY; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; EMBANKMENT; MODELING; SOFT CLAY; SOFT SOIL;

EID: 33746881707     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.507     Document Type: Article

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