Strain localization in geomaterials in nature, laboratory tests and numerical analyses

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1195-1201

  Sengupta, Aniruddha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Finite element analyses; Geomaterials; Landslide; Plane strain tests; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953993161     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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