##  [Modified Cam-Clay Model](/index.php/modified-cam-clay-model) 

  ##  [Modified Cam-Clay Model](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/modified-cam-clay-model-0) 

  

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Definition

An elasto‑plastic constitutive model for cohesive soils derived from critical‑state soil mechanics that represents coupled volumetric and shear behaviour using state variables (mean effective stress p', deviatoric stress q, and specific volume v).