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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES
Volume 46, Issue 6, Pages 1373-1388Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.11.006
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Anisotropy; Clays; Micromechanics; Constitutive relations; Plasticity; Stress reversal
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the stress-dependent behaviour of clay during drained and undrained shearing by means of a micromechanical approach. A new micromechanical stress-strain model is developed for clay using the approach developed in earlier studies by Chang and Hicher [Chang, C.S., Hicher, P.Y., 2005. An elastic-plastic model for granular materials with microstructural consideration. International journal of Solids and Structures 42(14), 4258-4277]. In order to model the extension test on a K(0) consolidated sample. a formulation is developed to account for the stress reversal on a contact plane. The model is then used to simulate numerous stress-path tests on Lower Cromer Till and kaolin clay, including triaxial compression and extension tests, under both undrained and drained conditions, with different K(0) consolidation, and different over-consolidation ratios. The applicability of the present model is evaluated through comparisons between the predicted and the measured results. The evolution of local stresses and local strains at inter-particle planes are discussed in order to explain the stress-induced anisotropy due to externally applied load. All simulations have demonstrated that the proposed micromechanical approach is capable of modelling the stress-induced anisotropy and other major features of the complex behaviour in clay. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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