Numerical evaluation of sample size effect on the stress-strain behavior of geotextile-reinforced sand

作     者：I.HOSSEINPOUR S.H.MIRMORADI A.BARARI M.OMIDVAR 

作者机构：Department of Civil EngineeringUniversity of Mazandaran Department of Civil Engineering Aalborg University Engineering FacultyGolestan University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A(Applied Physics & Engineering)》 (浙江大学学报（英文版）A辑（应用物理与工程）)

年 卷 期：2010年第11卷第8期

页      面：555-562页

核心收录：

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

主　　题：Reinforced sand Geotextile Peak strength Mohr-Coulomb Size effect 

摘      要：This paper studies the effect of sample size on the stress-strain behavior and strength characteristics of geotextile reinforced sand using the finite element numerical analysis. The effect of sample size was investigated by studying the effects of varying the number of geotextile layers, the confining pressure and the type of geotextile. Modeling was performed on samples with five different diameters: 38, 100, 200, 500 and 600 mm. The elastic-plastic Mohr-Coulomb model was used to simulate sand behavior. Results showed that small-sized samples show higher values of peak strength and higher axial strain at failure in comparison with large-sized samples. The size effect on the behavior of samples became further apparent when the number of geotextile layers was increased or the confining pressure was decreased. In addition, the results indicated that the magnitude of the size effect on the mechanical behavior of reinforced sand decreases with an increase in the sample size.