Thermo-mechanical constitutive modeling of unsaturated clays based on the critical state concepts

作     者：Saeed Tourchi Amir Hamidi 

作者机构：School of Engineering Kharazmi University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering》 (岩石力学与岩土工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第7卷第2期

页      面：193-198页

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学科分类：081401[工学-岩土工程] 08[工学] 080104[工学-工程力学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0814[工学-土木工程] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Constitutive model Unsaturated clays Plasticity Cam-clay Critical state 

摘      要：A thermo-mechanical constitutive model for unsaturated clays is constructed based on the existingmodel for saturated clays originally proposed by the authors. The saturated clays model was formulatedin the framework of critical state soil mechanics and modified Cam-clay model. The existing model hasbeen generalized to simulate the experimentally observed behavior of unsaturated clays by introducingBishop＇s stress and suction as independent stress parameters and modifying the hardening rule and yieldcriterion to take into account the role of suction. Also, according to previous studies, an increase intemperature causes a reduction in specific volume. A reduction in suction （wetting） for a given confiningstress may induce an irreversible volumetric compression （collapse）. Thus an increase in suction （drying）raises a specific volume i.e. the movement of normal consolidation line （NCL） to higher values of voidratio. However, some experimental data confirm the assumption that this reduction is dependent on thestress level of soil element. A generalized approach considering the effect of stress level on themagnitude of clays thermal dependency in compression plane is proposed in this study. The number ofmodeling parameters is kept to a minimum, and they all have clear physical interpretations, to facilitatethe usefulness of model for practical applications. A step-by-step procedure used for parameter calibrationis also described. The model is finally evaluated using a comprehensive set of experimental datafor the thermo-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils.2015 Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Production and hosting byElsevier B.V. All rights reserved.