CLoE, a new rate‐type constitutive model for geomaterials theoretical basis and implementation

The paper describes the basic ideas and the main features of a new class of constitutive laws, in the framework of incrementally non‐linear constitutive equations. CLoE is a generic name for that new class of laws, with reference to consistency at the limit surface, and explicit localization analysis. A top–down analysis of the model is presented, and illustrated by examples.