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A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF PLASTICITY TO SOIL MECHANICS

C. Peter Wroth

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A BACKGROUND TO THE SYMPOSIUM, THIS PAPER GIVES THE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD, INDICATING THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT PLASTICITY PLAYS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS. THE APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PERFECT PLASTICITY IS BRIEFLY DISCUSSE. ATTENTION IS FOCUSSED ON DEVELOPMENTS MADE DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS INCLUDING THEORETICAL ADVANCES IN ANALYSIS, ADVANCES IN THE MODELLING AND UNDERSTANDING OF SOIL BEHAVIOUR AND NEW EXPERIMENTAL DATA. TOPICS FOR FRUITFUL DISCUSSION AND AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY ARE PROPOSED.

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A BACKGROUND TO THE SYMPOSIUM, THIS PAPER GIVES THE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD, INDICATING THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT PLASTICITY PLAYS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS. THE APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PERFECT PLASTICITY IS BRIEFLY DISCUSSE. ATTENTION IS FOCUSSED ON DEVELOPMENTS MADE DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS INCLUDING THEORETICAL ADVANCES IN ANALYSIS, ADVANCES IN THE MODELLING AND UNDERSTANDING OF SOIL BEHAVIOUR AND NEW EXPERIMENTAL DATA. TOPICS FOR FRUITFUL DISCUSSION AND AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY ARE PROPOSED.

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A BACKGROUND TO THE SYMPOSIUM, THIS PAPER GIVES THE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD, INDICATING THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT PLASTICITY PLAYS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS. THE APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PERFECT PLASTICITY IS BRIEFLY DISCUSSE. ATTENTION IS FOCUSSED ON DEVELOPMENTS MADE DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS INCLUDING THEORETICAL ADVANCES IN ANALYSIS, ADVANCES IN THE MODELLING AND UNDERSTANDING OF SOIL BEHAVIOUR AND NEW EXPERIMENTAL DATA. TOPICS FOR FRUITFUL DISCUSSION AND AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY ARE PROPOSED.

Key concepts: Plasticity, Field (mathematics), Soil mechanics, Plasticity theory, Epistemology, Management science, Computer science, Cognitive science

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