2010/06/26 by Mahle, Stefan, Jiang, Yimin, Liu, Mario
#FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics (physics.geo-ph) #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1006.5131
The approach to the critical state -- the transition from partially elastic to perfectly plastic behavior -- is considered the most characteristic of granular phenomena in soil mechanics. By identifying the critical state as the steady-state solution of the elastic strain, and presenting the main results as transparent, analytic expressions, the physics of this important phenomenon is clarified.