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CEE-6504: Introduction to Constitutive Modeling of Soil

Description: Review of mathematical theory, continuum mechanics of solids, and the fundamentals of elasticity and plasticity as applied to earth materials. Elastic constitutive laws, with emphasis on non-linear elasticity models for geomaterials; geomechanical plastic constitutive laws; plasticity collapse theorems applied to analyzing geotechnical structures.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CEE-5514

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 4

Average GPA: 3.96 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 100.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Marte S Gutierrez2005100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.851
Russell A Green2022100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.003

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