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Analytical and numerical relaxation results for models in soil mechanics

Analysis of PDEs 2023-05-31 v1

Abstract

A variational model of pressure-dependent plasticity employing a time-incremental setting is introduced. A novel formulation of the dissipation potential allows one to construct the condensed energy in a variationally consistent manner. For a one-dimensional model problem, an explicit expression for the quasiconvex envelope can be found which turns out to be essentially independent of the original pressure-dependent yield surface. The model problem can be extended to higher dimensions in an empirical manner. Numerical simulation exhibit well-posed behavior showing mesh-independent results.

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@article{arxiv.2212.11783,
  title  = {Analytical and numerical relaxation results for models in soil mechanics},
  author = {Florian Behr and Georg Dolzmann and Klaus Hackl and Ghina Jezdan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.11783},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Submitted to Cont. Mech. Thermodyn