CEGR 730 - Constitutive Laws in Geomechanics

3 hours.
3 Credits

Fundamental concepts of stress and strain tensors, criterion of failures for geomaterials. Theory of elasticity, viscosity, and plasticity, and their combinations such as elasto-viscous, elasto-plastic models in geomechanics for clay and sand soils. Discussion of classic models in geomechanics and their applications to engineering.

Prerequisite(s) Advanced Soil Mechanics and Continuum Mechanics and MATH (PDE).
Offered (AS NEEDED)