Multiscale modeling of a sensitive marine clay

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1682-1702

  Yin, Zhen Yu ^a,b   Hattab, Mahdia ^c   Hicher, Pierre Yves ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bonds; Destructuration; Marine clay; Micromechanics; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADING; BONDS; CLAY PARTICLES; CONFINING STRESS; CONTACT FORCES; DESTRUCTURATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; ISOTROPIC COMPRESSIONS; LABORATORY TEST; LOADING CONDITION; LOCAL STRESS; MARINE CLAYS; MEASURED RESULTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MODELING METHOD; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; RECONSTITUTED SAMPLE; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

AGGREGATES; ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MICROMECHANICS; PLASTICITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE; ANISOTROPY; CLAY SOIL; DEFORMATION; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASTICITY;

GUINEA;

EID: 80053142132     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.977     Document Type: Article

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