The constitutive behavior of granular soils under repeated dynamic loading. KU Leuven
The aim of this project is to develop an advanced numerical method for the calculation of the dynamic behavior of granular soils under repeated small amplitude dynamic loading. This allows to study long term effects of vibrations on structures, as arising from road and railway traffic or construction activities. Under this repeated dynamic loading, the soil behaves (almost) elastically on the short term, whereas a non-negligible plastic behavior ...