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ACTA GEOTECHNICA
Volume 1, Issue 3, Pages 137-147Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-006-0013-9
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Unsaturated soils; Constitutive models; Expansive soils; Elastoplasticity; Thermodynamics
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The paper presents a review of constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils. After a brief historical perspective, a number of existing constitutive models are classified and discussed according to the type of stress variables adopted in their formulation. Afterwards, attention is given to recent developments in the proposal of coupled hydraulic-mechanical models and the possibility of casting them in a sound thermodynamical framework. Finally, a double structure model for expansive soils is described. The incorporation of microstructural considerations and its use as a platform for incorporating the influence of new variables are highlighted.
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