Constitutive modeling of the destructuration and anisotropy of natural soft clay

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-41

  Liu, Weizheng ^a   Shi, Minglei ^b   Miao, Linchang ^b   Xu, Linrong ^a   Zhang, Dingwen ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Destructuration; Elasto plastic model; Natural soft clay; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STATE SOIL MECHANICS; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; DESTRUCTURATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ELASTO-PLASTIC MODELS; EMBANKMENT SETTLEMENT; EXCESS PORE WATER PRESSURE; FIELD-MEASURED DATA; FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; INHERENT ANISOTROPY; INITIAL ANISOTROPY; INITIAL STRESS; INTERPARTICLE BONDING; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; META-STABLE SOILS; MODEL SIMULATION; MODIFIED CAM-CLAY MODEL; NATURAL CLAYS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PLASTIC ANISOTROPY; PRE-FABRICATED VERTICAL DRAINS; SOFT CLAYS; STRESS PATHS; STRESS SENSITIVITY; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN; YIELD SURFACE;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBANKMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LOADING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ANISOTROPY; CAM-CLAY MODEL; DEFORMATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EMBANKMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFT CLAY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE; STRAIN;

EID: 84874701716     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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