Numerical and experimental study of initiation and propagation of desiccation cracks in clayey soils

Keyphrases

• Numerical Analysis 100%
• Desiccation Cracks 100%
• Clayey Soil 100%
• Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB) 50%
• Desiccation 50%
• Crack Initiation 50%
• Stress Field 50%
• Net Stress 50%
• Suction 50%
• Unsaturated Soil Mechanics 50%
• Staring 50%
• Cylindrical Specimen 50%
• Plane Strain 50%
• 2D Simulation 50%
• Crack Location 50%
• Mathematical Formulation 50%
• Radial Section 50%

Engineering

• Drying 100%
• Experimental Result 33%
• Good Agreement 33%
• Test Program 33%
• Numerical Approach 33%
• Stress Field 33%
• Soil Mechanics 33%
• Theoretical Study 33%
• Plane Strain Condition 33%
• Initiation of Crack 33%