Application of micropolar plasticity to post failure analysis in geomechanics

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1011-1032

  Manzari, Majid T ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse load; Constitutive modelling; Failure analysis; Finite element; Length scale; Micropolar continuum; Plasticity; Retaining walls; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

ELASTOPLASTIC MODELS; MICROPOLAR PLASTICITY;

SOILS;

EXCAVATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICITY; RETAINING WALL; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 4143074834     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.356     Document Type: Article

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