Journal
COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS
Volume 155, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.105232
Keywords
Cyclic liquefaction; Particle size distribution; Coefficient of uniformity; Relative density; Discrete element method; Granular material
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Using the three-dimensional discrete element method, we investigated the impact of particle size distribution (PSD) on the cyclic liquefaction resistance of spherical particle assemblies. The coefficient of uniformity (Cu) was used as a descriptor for the PSD. Our simulations showed that the evolution pattern of excess pore pressure ratio against the number of loading cycles normalized by the number of cycles to liquefaction was minimally affected by Cu at each relative density (Dr). We also found that the liquefaction resistance varied with Cu depending on the Dr of the samples.
Using three-dimensional discrete element method, we analyze the particle size distribution (PSD) effect on the cyclic liquefaction resistance of spherical particle assemblies. For the same mean particle size and log-linear type PSD, the coefficient of uniformity (Cu) is chosen as a descriptor of the PSD. Samples with five levels of Cu are isotropically compressed to the same pressure and two relative densities (Dr) informed by the maximum and minimum achieved void ratios determined for each Cu. The ten samples are subjected to constant volume cyclic simple shearing at different cyclic stress ratios until reaching initial liquefaction, in 56 simulations. The simulations suggest that at each Dr the evolution pattern of excess pore pressure ratio against the number of loading cycles normalized by the number of cycles to liquefaction is minimally affected by the Cu. For the samples with lower Dr, increasing the Cu in the range 1-3 first increases and then decreases the liquefaction resistance; this trend reverses at the higher Dr. Two critical state parameters based on the void ratio and the coordination number at the pre-shearing state of the samples correlate well with the cyclic liquefaction resistance for the ranges of Cu and Dr considered in this study.
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