A Constitutive Model for Soft Clays Incorporating Elastic and Plastic Cross-Anisotropy.
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SUBMITTER: Castro J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552177 | biostudies-other | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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