A simple model for the small-strain behaviour of soils
Soft Condensed Matter
2012-01-05 v1
Abstract
The constitutive equation discussed in this note eliminates some defects of linear elasticity in the description of the small-strain behaviour of soils. It is capable of representing volume changes in pure shear and different values of bulk modulus in compression and expansion. The new equation provides a simple description of soil behaviour at small strains in that it produces linear stress-strain relations that can approximate the initial part of experimental stress-strain curves.
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@article{arxiv.1201.0897,
title = {A simple model for the small-strain behaviour of soils},
author = {José Jorge Nader},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.0897},
year = {2012}
}