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Non-convexity and stress-path dependency of unsaturated soil models. (English) Zbl 1163.74531

Summary: Yield surfaces for unsaturated soils are usually non-convex if the size of the yield surface has to increase with increasing suction. An expanding yield surface with increasing suction is crucial for modelling the volume collapse due to wetting. The non-convexity always exists at the transition between saturated and unsaturated states, irrespective of the stress variables used in the model. Some recent models for unsaturated soils also possess a stress path dependent hardening law. The non-convexity and stress-path dependency of the constitutive model make the implementation into finite element codes very challenging. This paper discusses aspects of stress integration schemes for non-convex and stress-path dependent models for unsaturated soils.

MSC:

74L10 Soil and rock mechanics
74S20 Finite difference methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

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RFSFNS; QUADPACK
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