modeling of an elastic isotropic soil

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aaataha
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modeling of an elastic isotropic soil

Post by aaataha » Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:04 am

Hi,

I am trying to model an elastic isotropic soil and I am wondering about the appropriate material to be used.
for the ElasticIsotropic material:

nDMaterial ElasticIsotropic $matTag $E $v <$rho>

is the soil shear modulus implicitly defined in terms of E and v?

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Re: modeling of an elastic isotropic soil

Post by mhscott » Fri Nov 20, 2020 11:12 am

Yes, the material will compute shear modules G=E/(2(1+v))

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