Yuzhou Sun1, Yuchao Mu2
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 115-115, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05304
Abstract Due to its double-structure property, the higher-order continuum theory is adopted to study the constitutive behavior of expansive soil. The higher-order strain and scale factor are considered to describe the effect of the microscale structural property on the macroscale behavior, and a higher-order multiscale constitutive model is developed for expansive soil. The effect of the microscale structural property is investigated through the theoretical and experimental studies based on the developed model. In virtue of a representative elementary volume, the double-structure property is better studied for expansive soil. A variational equation is developed with the contribution… More >