Numerical modelling of desiccation cracking

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-96

  Amarasiri, Aruna L ^a   Kodikara, Jayantha K ^a   Costa, Susanga ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desiccation cracking; Moisture content; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CLAY LINERS; CLAY SOIL; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CRACK DEVELOPMENT; CRACK EVOLUTION; CRACK FORMATION; CRACK PATTERNS; DESICCATION CRACKING; DESICCATION CRACKS; DISTINCT ELEMENT CODE; EARTH DAM CONSTRUCTIONS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTIONS; MATRIC SUCTIONS; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NONLINEAR PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; QUALITATIVE STUDY; REFINED MODEL; ROAD PAVEMENTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLAY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CROPS; DESIGN; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EMBANKMENT DAMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOLDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROADS AND STREETS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRACKS;

CLAY SOIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING; DESICCATION; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MOISTURE CONTENT; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; SUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 78650312169     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.894     Document Type: Article

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