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Controllability of the incremental response of soil specimens subjected to arbitrary loading programmes

Roberto Nova
- 01 Jan 1994 - 
- Vol. 5, Iss: 2, pp 193-202
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In this article, the authors show that the possibility of controlling the incremental response of a soil specimen subjected to an arbitrary loading program is lost at a stress level which is below the value for which failure occurs in ordinary tests.
Abstract
The paper shows that the possibility of controlling the incremental response of a soil specimen subjected to an arbitrary loading programme is lost at a stress level which is below the value for which failure occurs in ordinary tests. The relation between this level and other critical values (bifurcation into a shear band, peak of the stress deviator in an undrained test, stability under dead load) is discussed.

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Uniqueness studies in boundary value problems involving some second gradient models

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From solids to fluidized soils: diffuse failure mechanisms in geostructures with applications to fast catastrophic landslides

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Closure of "Static Instability and Liquefaction of Loose Fine Sandy Slopes"

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of conventional triaxial tests on fully saturated and on partly saturated specimens were performed under drained and undrained conditions to study the regions of stable and unstable behavior.
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Nonassociated Flow and Stability of Granular Materials

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of triaxial tests designed to expose the type of behavior displayed by granular materials are presented and discussed, and reliability of the test results, the possible influence of viscous effects on the stability, and the effect of release of elastic energy are studied and discussed in detail.
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Instability of granular materials with nonassociated flow

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of triaxial tests designed to expose the type of behavior displayed by granular materials are presented and discussed and stability conditions for materials with nonassociated flow are presented.
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