Finite element study of patterns of shear zones in granular bodies during plane strain compression

Acta Geotechnica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-112

  Tejchman, Jacek ^a   Górski, Jarek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boundary roughness; Initial void ratio; Latin hypercube sampling; Micro polar hypoplasticity; Plane strain compression test; Shear localization

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRANULAR MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANE STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; VOID RATIO;

EID: 77952543868     PISSN: 18611125     EISSN: 18611133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-009-0103-6     Document Type: Article

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