Micromechanical analysis of failure propagation in frictional granular materials

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1737-1768

  Tordesillas, Antoinette ^a   Shi, Jingyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constitutive relation; Granular materials; Shear band

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION ANALYSIS; BIFURCATION POINTS; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CONSTITUTIVE RELATION; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CONTINUUM FORMULATION; DEFORMATION HISTORY; DISSIPATIVE MECHANISMS; ELASTO-PLASTIC; EVOLUTION LAW; FORCE CHAINS; FRICTIONAL SLIDING; HOMOGENEOUS DEFORMATION; INTERNAL VARIABLES; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; LENGTH SCALE; MACROSCOPIC STRAINS; MATERIAL INSTABILITY; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MICRO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MICROPOLAR; MODEL PREDICTION; NORMAL CONTACT FORCE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PEAK STRESS; SCALE PROPERTIES; SHEAR BANDING; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SHEAR BANDS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

BIFURCATION; BUCKLING; COHESION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRICTION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; INSTABILITY; MICROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SHEAR BAND; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 72449139267     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.792     Document Type: Article

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