The focus of the course is the development of advanced plasticity constitutive models for soils within the framework of Critical State Theory, and applications to geotechnical engineering problems with emphasis on coarse-grained soils under cyclic loading. The concept of Bounding Surface plasticity as applied to soils will constitute the main theoretical tool, while the role of fabric will be presented in conjunction with the newly developed Anisotropic Critical State Theory. A critical review of rate dependent plasticity in soil mechanics will be presented, and a new constitutive model for sands that is rate dependent but time independent will be developed.
May 5, 6, and 7, 2025, 3:00pm-6:00pm
The course will take place only in presence at the Aula Caveau - DISG, Faculty of Engineering, via Eudossiana 18, Rome.
For all courses supplied by the PhD Program of the DISG, credits are not provided: a certificate of attendance will be produced upon request (only after a check of the effective presence).