##  [Rowe Stress‑Dilatancy Theory](/rowe-stress-dilatancy-theory) 

  ##  [Rowe Stress‑Dilatancy Theory](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/rowe-stress-dilatancy-theory-0) 

  

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Definition

A constitutive relation for granular (frictional) soils that links the mobilized shear stress (or shear stress ratio) to the rate of volume change (dilatancy) during shear; it states that the shear resistance mobilized at a given state depends both on interparticle friction and on the instantaneous dilatant or contractive tendency of the fabric.