Calibration of an elasto-plastic constitutive model by a constrained optimisation procedure

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 432-443

  Cekerevac, C ^a   Girardin, S ^b   Klubertanz, G ^c   Laloui, L ^b  

^a STUCKY Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c AF Colenco Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constitutive modelling; Elasto plasticity; Model parameters; Optimisation; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION;

OPTIMIZATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 37849187679     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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