Yield stress, volume change, and shear strength behaviour of unsaturated soils: Validation of the SFG model

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1034-1045

  Zhou, Annan ^a   Sheng, Daichao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastoplastic modelling; Fredlund; Gens (SFG) model; Shear strength; Sheng; Unsaturated soils; Volume change; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTIC MODELLING; FREDLUND; GENS (SFG) MODEL; SHENG; UNSATURATED SOILS; VOLUME CHANGE;

ELASTOPLASTICITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SOILS; YIELD STRESS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

ELASTOPLASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRENGTH; VADOSE ZONE; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 70349504007     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-049     Document Type: Article

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