Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS
Volume 26, Issue 10, Pages 963-1004Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/nag.231
Keywords
bonded soils; soft rocks; weathering plasticity; stress-point algorithms
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An extended version of the classical Generalized Backward Euler (GBE) algorithm is proposed for the numerical integration of a three-invariant isotropic-hardening elastoplastic model for cemented soils or weak rocks undergoing mechanical and non-mechanical degradation processes. The restriction to isotropy allows to formulate the return mapping algorithm in the space of principal elastic strains. In this way, an efficient and robust integration scheme is developed which can be applied to relatively complex yield surface and plastic potential functions. Moreover, the proposed algorithm can be linearized in closed form, thus allowing for quadratic convergence in the global Newton iteration. A series of numerical experiments are performed to illustrate the accuracy and convergence properties of the algorithm. Selected results from a finite element analysis of a circular footing on a soft rock layer undergoing chemical weathering are then presented to illustrate the algorithm performance at the boundary value problem level. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
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