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On High-order Hypoplastic Models for Granular Materials

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Granular materials show a wealth of interesting phenomena such as fluid-like behaviour and scale dependence. The description of these phenomena lies beyond the capability of conventional constitutive models. The paper discusses some high-order models within the framework of hypoplasticity. The high-order models are formulated by including the temporal and spatial derivatives of strain rate into the constitutive equation.

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Professor Wei Wu’s paper was originally scheduled for the Special Issue on the Mathematics and Mechanics of Granular Materials (Vol. 52 (2005) pp. 1–320).

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Wu, W. On High-order Hypoplastic Models for Granular Materials. J Eng Math 56, 23–34 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-006-9040-7

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