scholarly journals Is critical state soil mechanics framework applicable to pond ash?

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 292-297
Author(s):  
Jiajun Zhang ◽  
Sik-Cheung Robert Lo ◽  
Jun Yan ◽  
Md Mizanur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Critical State ◽  
Soil Mechanics ◽  
Pond Ash

Effects of fines on liquefaction behaviour in well-graded materials

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 1460-1471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Kwa ◽  
David W. Airey
Keyword(s):  
Critical State ◽  
Soil Mechanics ◽  
State Parameter ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Graded Materials ◽  
Fines Content ◽  
Cyclic Resistance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Soil Behaviour

This study uses a critical state soil mechanics perspective to understand the mechanics behind the liquefaction of metallic ores during transport by ship. These metallic ores are transported at relatively low densities and have variable gradings containing a wide range of particle sizes and fines contents. The effect of the fines content on the location of the critical state line (CSL) and the cyclic liquefaction behaviour of well-graded materials was investigated by performing saturated, standard drained and undrained monotonic and compression-only cyclic triaxial tests. Samples were prepared at four different gradings containing particle sizes from 9.5 mm to 2 μm with fines (<75 μm) contents of 18%, 28%, 40%, and 60%. In the e versus log[Formula: see text] plane, where e is void ratio and [Formula: see text] is mean effective stress, the CSLs shifted upwards approximately parallel to one another as the fines content was increased. Transitional soil behaviour was observed in samples containing 28%, 40%, and 60% fines. A sample’s cyclic resistance to liquefaction depended on a combination of its density and state parameter, which were both related to the fines content. Samples with the same densities were more resistant to cyclic failure if they contained higher fines contents. The state parameter provided a useful prediction for general behavioural trends of all fines contents studied.

A New Elasto-Plastic Critical State Model RU+MCC for Overconsolidated Soil

2016 ◽  
Vol 837 ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Rafal Uliniarz
Keyword(s):  
Critical State ◽  
Soil Mechanics ◽  
Small Strain ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Constitutive Law ◽  
Isotropic Hardening ◽  
Loading Test ◽  
Modified Cam Clay ◽  
Soil Behaviour ◽  
Cam Clay

The paper presents a reasonably advanced constitutive law for soil – a hybrid of the Modified Cam Clay and a new RU development. The Modified Cam Clay model is an isotropic hardening elasto – plastic model originated by Burland in 1967 [1] within the critical state soil mechanics. This model describes realistically mechanical soil behaviour in normal consolidation states. The other one is designed to ensure more adequate soil responses to reloading paths, particularly in the range of small strains. The RU+MCC model has been implemented in the FEM computer code Z_SOIL.pc. To test the influence of the small strain nonlinearity on soil – structure interaction as well as to exhibit the ability of the proposed model to simulate realistically this effect, a comparative study based on the FEM solution has been carried out. As a benchmark a trial loading test of strip footing was used.

DEM analysis of monotonic and cyclic behaviors of sand based on critical state soil mechanics framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 103787
Author(s):  
Xiaoqiang Gu ◽  
Jiachen Zhang ◽  
Xin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Critical State ◽  
Soil Mechanics ◽  
Dem Analysis

Soil mechanics: breaking ground

2007 ◽  
Vol 365 (1861) ◽  
pp. 2985-3002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itai Einav
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Critical State ◽  
Void Ratio ◽  
Soil Mechanics ◽  
Constitutive Models ◽  
Energy Balance Equation ◽  
Constitutive Modelling ◽  
Alternative Theory ◽  
Fitting Parameters ◽  
Cam Clay

In soil mechanics, student's models are classified as simple models that teach us unexplained elements of behaviour; an example is the Cam clay constitutive models of critical state soil mechanics (CSSM). ‘Engineer's models’ are models that elaborate the theory to fit more behavioural trends; this is usually done by adding fitting parameters to the student's models. Can currently unexplained behavioural trends of soil be explained without adding fitting parameters to CSSM models, by developing alternative student's models based on modern theories? Here I apply an alternative theory to CSSM, called ‘breakage mechanics’, and develop a simple student's model for sand. Its unique and distinctive feature is the use of an energy balance equation that connects grain size reduction to consumption of energy, which enables us to predict how grain size distribution (gsd) evolves—an unprecedented capability in constitutive modelling. With only four parameters, the model is physically clarifying what CSSM cannot for sand: the dependency of yielding and critical state on the initial gsd and void ratio.

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