Abstract

This work presents the theoretical framework of a new class of constitutive models, which allows to respect five simple physical hypotheses on the mechanical behavior of soils. The most significant of them is that the (effective) stress and the specific volume are the state variables [...]

Abstract

There is limited information on the growth and yield of the Tasmanian blue gum plantation in Tunshi-ESPOCH homestead in varying physiographic conditions, soil properties and management; for this reason it was decided to assess its forest mass. Circular plots were installed with 12.62 [...]