A micro-mechanical investigation of the dynamic response and liquefaction of saturated granular soils

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 712-729

  Shamy, U El ^a   Zeghal, M ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaged Navier Stokes equations; Discrete elements; Liquefaction; Quicksand; Saturated granular soil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MICROMECHANICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; STIFFNESS;

CONTINUUM-DISCRETE HYDROMECHANICAL MODEL; SATURATED GRANULAR SOILS; SOLID PHASE DEFORMATION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LIQUEFACTION; MICROMECHANICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SANDY SOIL; SIMULATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRENGTH; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33947717697     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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