A finite element solution scheme for an elastic-viscoplastic soil model

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 524-536

  Kelln, Curtis ^a   Sharma, Jitendra ^b   Hughes, David ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elastic viscoplastic; Error control; Finite element; Newton Raphson; Substepping algorithm

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SOILS; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE;

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; APPLIED LOADS; BOUNDARY VALUES; ELASTIC VISCO-PLASTIC; ELSEVIER (CO); FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTIONS; ITERATIVE CALCULATIONS; NEWTON RAPHSON SOLUTION; SOIL MODELS; STRESS CHANGES; VISCO-PLASTIC;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ALGORITHM; ELASTICITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODELING; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 46749113477     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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