A density-dependent elastoplastic hydro-mechanical model for unsaturated compacted soils

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1257-1279

  Sun, D A ^a   Sheng, D C ^b   Cui, H B ^c   Sloan, S W ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constitutive equation; Elastoplastic; Suction; Triaxial test; Unsaturated soil; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTOPLASTICITY; SOIL TESTING; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; YIELD STRESS;

TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED SOIL; VOID RATIO; WATER-RETENTION CURVE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTOPLASTICITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; YIELD STRESS;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; DENSITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HYDROMECHANICS; MODELING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TEST; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUCTION; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VOID RATIO; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 34548304885     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.579     Document Type: Article

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