Numerical modelling of formation and propagation of drying cracks in soils

Computational Plasticity - Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS IX

Volumn , Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages 840-843

  Levatti, H U ^a   Prat, P ^a   Ledesma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boundary value problems; Drying cracks; Fracture mechanics; Remeshing; State surfaces

Indexed keywords

CRACKING MECHANISMS; EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; REMESHING; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME STEP; UNSATURATED SOIL; UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DRYING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

CRACKS;

EID: 80052109873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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