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Overview

Yannis F. Dafalias is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with significant contributions to civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, and control and systems engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, including:

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on advanced soil behavior and modeling techniques. Notable publications include:

  • SANISAND-MSf: a sand plasticity model with memory surface and semifluidised state, 2020, Géotechnique
  • A bounding surface plasticity model for cemented sand under monotonic and cyclic loading, 2021, Géotechnique
  • Novel findings on the dilatancy and non-coaxiality of sand under generalised loading, 2020, Acta Geotechnica
  • Relating elastic and plastic fabric anisotropy of clays, 2020, Géotechnique
  • Strength and dilatancy of sand before and after stabilisation with colloidal-silica gel, 2021, Géotechnique

Dafalias frequently publishes in well-regarded venues such as:

  • Géotechnique
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
  • Computers and Geotechnics

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Mahdi Taiebat
  • Heidi P. Feigenbaum
  • Ming Yang
  • P. K. Triantafyllos
  • V. N. Georgiannou

Best Publications

  • A model of nonlinearly hardening materials for complex loading

    Y. F. Dafalias;E. P. Popov

  • SIMPLE PLASTICITY SAND MODEL ACCOUNTING FOR FABRIC CHANGE EFFECTS

    Yannis F. Dafalias;Majid T. Manzari

  • A critical state two-surface plasticity model for sands

    M. T. Manzari;Y. F. Dafalias

  • BOUNDING SURFACE PLASTICITY, I: MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION AND HYPOPLASTICITY

    Yannis F. Dafalias

  • Dilatancy for cohesionless soils

    X. S. Li;Y. F. Dafalias

  • Plastic Internal Variables Formalism of Cyclic Plasticity

    Y. F. Dafalias;E. P. Popov

  • Anisotropic Critical State Theory: Role of Fabric

    Xiang Song Li;Yannis F. Dafalias

  • SANISAND : Simple anisotropic sand plasticity model

    Mahdi Taiebat;Yannis F. Dafalias;Yannis F. Dafalias

  • Bounding surface plasticity. II: application to isotropic cohesive soils

    Yannis F. Dafalias;Leonard R. Herrmann

  • The Plastic Spin

    Y. F. Dafalias

  • An anisotropic critical state soil plasticity model

    Y.F. Dafalias

  • Bounding Surface Hypoplasticity Model for Sand

    Zhi‐Liang Wang;Yannis F. Dafalias;Chih‐Kang Shen

  • Corotational Rates for Kinematic Hardening at Large Plastic Deformations

    Y. F. Dafalias

  • Sand Plasticity Model Accounting for Inherent Fabric Anisotropy

    Yannis F. Dafalias;Achilleas G. Papadimitriou;Xiang S. Li

  • CONSTITUTIVE MODELING OF INHERENTLY ANISOTROPIC SAND BEHAVIOR

    Xiang Song Li;Yannis F. Dafalias

  • SANICLAY : simple anisotropic clay plasticity model

    Yannis F. Dafalias;Yannis F. Dafalias;Majid T. Manzari;Achilleas G. Papadimitriou

  • A bounding surface soil plasticity model

    Y. F. Dafalias

  • State-dependant dilatancy in critical-state constitutive modelling of sand

    Xiang-Song Li;Yannis F Dafalias;Zhi-Liang Wang

  • Plastic spin: necessity or redundancy?

    Yannis F. Dafalias;Yannis F. Dafalias

  • Cyclic loading for materials with a vanishing elastic region

    Yannis F. Dafalias;Egor P. Popov

Frequent Co-Authors

Jidong Zhao
Jidong Zhao Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chun H. Wang
Chun H. Wang University of New South Wales
Elias C. Aifantis
Elias C. Aifantis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abdelmalek Bouazza
Abdelmalek Bouazza Monash University
Sashi K. Kunnath
Sashi K. Kunnath University of California, Davis
John P. Wolf
John P. Wolf École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Egor P. Popov
Egor P. Popov University of California, Berkeley

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