Effect of degree of saturation on mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils and its elastoplastic simulation |
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| Authors: | De’an Sun Wenjing SunLi Xiang |
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| Institution: | Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai University, 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, China |
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| Abstract: | The two stress-state variable approach has been widely used in interpreting unsaturated soil behaviour. However this approach cannot take into account the effect of degree of saturation or water contents on the stress–strain behaviour and strength of unsaturated soils. The triaxial test results presented in this paper show that even if the same path of net stress and suction is followed, the stress–strain relation and strength are different due to different degrees of saturation. When other conditions are the same, the higher the degree of saturation for the soil sample is, the higher the stress ratio corresponding to a given axial strain will be. This effect can be modeled by using an elasto-plastic constitutive model coupling hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils. Comparisons between the predicted and measured results are presented, which demonstrate that the model can quantitatively simulate the influence of the degree of saturation on stress–strain behaviour and strength of unsaturated soils. |
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| Keywords: | Unsaturated soils Stress-state variable Degree of saturation Triaxial test Elasto-plastic model Stress&ndash strain behaviour Coupled model |
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