Testing and constitutive modelling of the mechanical behaviours of gravelly soil material
Autor: | Bo Xu, Ru-Bin Wang, Qiang Zhang, Qin-Xiang Meng, Jiu-Chang Zhang, Yue Li |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Constitutive equation Plasticity 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences Soil material Soil water General Earth and Planetary Sciences Material constants Geotechnical engineering Triaxial compression Critical state soil mechanics Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Test data |
Zdroj: | Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 13 |
ISSN: | 1866-7538 1866-7511 |
Popis: | In this study, large-scale triaxial compression tests are conducted on gravelly soil material. The experimental investigation shows that gravelly soil exhibits complicated volume-dilatation/contraction behaviours that are dependent on stress level. To better describe the mechanical behaviours, an elastoplastic constitutive model is proposed within the frameworks of generalised plasticity and the critical state soil mechanics. An evolution equation of the void ratio is incorporated into the model to describe the effect of a relatively dense or loose state on the volume-change behaviours. The model has 10 material constants that could be determined using a few large-scale conventional triaxial tests. The model is then used to simulate the mechanical behaviours of gravelly soil. Comparisons between the numerical simulations and the test data show that the model is capable of capturing the mechanical behaviours of gravelly soil under various confining pressures. This research can be beneficial for understanding the mechanical behaviours of gravelly soils. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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