Failure in geomaterials: continuous and discrete analyses

• Published in: Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering Vol. 193; no. 27; pp. 3057 - 3085
• Main Authors: Darve, F., Servant, G., Laouafa, F., Khoa, H.D.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2004; Elsevier
• Subjects: Continuous analyses; Discrete analyses; Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Failure; Sciences of the Universe; Continuous analyses; Failure; Discrete analyses; CONTINUOUS ANALYSES; FAILURE; DISCRETE ANALYSES

Various modes of failure in geomaterials have been observed in practice. Different criteria have been proposed to analyse these failures. In particular, Hill's Condition of Stability and diffuse modes of failure are considered in this paper in a dual framework: continuum mechanics and discrete...