Abstract: The transitional yielding approach offers a unique and smooth definition for loading, unloading, and reloading; further, it need not define a conjugate point. A generalized transitional yielding approach, with any desired ...

Abstract: An approach is presented for analytical modeling of the full range of material behavior of normally consolidated to heavily overconsolidated clays. The approach has the capability of describing both drained and undrained, ...

Abstract: Within the framework of critical state soil mechanics concepts, a rate‐independent constitutive model for soil response to complex, three‐dimensional loading is proposed. For any loading excursion, the material response ...

Abstract: In this study, three types of viscoelastic laminated composite dampers (VLCDs) were fabricated and experimentally analyzed. The dampers were fabricated by adding mesh skeleton materials to acrylic rubber to increase its ...