Shear banding and strain softening in plane strain extension: Physical modelling

Granular Matter

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-301

  Rochter L ^a   Konig D ^a   Schanz, T ^a   Triantafyllidis, T ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohesive frictional material; Physical modelling; Plane strain extension; Shear band patterns; Strain softening

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE-FRICTIONAL MATERIALS; PHYSICAL MODELLING; PLANE STRAINS; SHEAR BAND PATTERNS; STRAIN SOFTENING;

CENTRIFUGATION; FRICTION; SHEAR BANDS;

STRAIN;

EID: 77954954804     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-010-0180-0     Document Type: Article

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