Reply to the discussion by Zhang and Lytton on 'A new modelling approach for unsaturated soils using independent stress variables'

Title: Reply to the discussion by Zhang and Lytton on 'A new modelling approach for unsaturated soils using independent stress variables'
Creator: Sheng, Daichao; Fredlund, Delwyn G.; Gens, Antonio
Relation: Canadian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 45, Issue 12, p. 1788-1794
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/T08-085
Publisher: NRC Research Press
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2008
Description: In summary, we do not think that mathematical constraints should be imposed on the parameters kvs and kvp of λvs and λvp to make the volumetric model stress-path independent. Rather, theese parameters should be based on the baci features of soil behaviour.
Subject: finite element formulation; constitutive model; hypoplasticity; volumetric behaviour; algorithms; behaviour
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/40592
Identifier: uon:4628
Identifier: ISSN:0008-3674
Language: eng
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