A flexible and robust yield function for geomaterials

Autor: Michael A. Hicks, Philip J. Vardon, William M. Coombs, Ali Golchin
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 2021, Vol.387, pp.114162 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 387
ISSN: 0045-7825
Popis: This paper presents a new Modified Cam Clay (MCC) type yield function, that is designed for robust and efficient use with implicit stress integration algorithms. The proposed yield function attains non-elliptical (e.g. tear and bullet) shapes, as well as the typical elliptical shape of the MCC model. Like that of MCC, and unlike most other yield functions with non-elliptical shapes available in literature, it is non-singular and unique throughout stress space. The experimental yielding stresses of a wide range of geomaterials have been accurately simulated using the yield surface. The yield function can be used in constitutive models based on classical elasto-plasticity theory.
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