Finite strain analysis of nonuniform deformation inside shear bands in sands

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1651-1666

  Chupin, O ^a   Rechenmacher, A L ^b   Abedi, S ^b  

^a Laboratoire d'Acoustique Environnementale)   (France)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Critical state; Digital Image Correlation (DIC); Granular material; Length scale; Sand; Shear band

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STATE; CURRENT DEFINITION; DENSE SANDS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; EULERIAN; FINITE STRAIN; FINITE STRAIN ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; LARGE-STRAIN ANALYSIS; LENGTH SCALE; NON-UNIFORM DEFORMATION; NONUNIFORMITY; PERIODIC PATTERN; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PLANE STRAIN COMPRESSION TESTS; POST-PEAK; SHEAR BAND FORMATION; STATE TRANSITIONS; TWO SOURCES; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

COMPRESSION TESTING; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DEFORMATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SAND; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

SHEAR BANDS;

ALGORITHM; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL IMAGE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; KINEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; SAND; SHEAR BAND; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866042472     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.1071     Document Type: Article

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