Constitutive modeling of time-dependent stress- strain behaviour of saturated soils exhibiting both creep and swelling

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1870-1885

  Yin, Jian Hua ^a   Tong, Fei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clay; Constitutive model; Creep; Strain rate; Stress strain; Swelling; Time dependent

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CREEP; SILICA; SILICA SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS RELAXATION; SWELLING; UNLOADING;

CONSTANT RATE OF STRAIN; DEFORMATION AND FAILURES; ELASTIC VISCOPLASTIC; GEOTECHNICAL STRUCTURE; STRESS STRAIN; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS; SWELLING CHARACTERISTICS; TIME DEPENDENT;

STRAIN RATE;

CLAY SOIL; COMPRESSION; CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAILURE ANALYSIS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SATURATED MEDIUM; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWELLING; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; VISCOSITY;

EID: 82455171672     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T11-076     Document Type: Article

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