Two-Surface Plasticity Model for Cyclic Undrained Behavior of Clays
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 7
Abstract
Based on a new type of kinematic hardening and the theory of critical state soil mechanics, a two-surface model is herein developed for predicting the undrained behavior of saturated cohesive soils under cyclic loads. The anisotropic hardening rule works in two steps: (1) introducing a new concept, memory center, to take into account the memory of particular loading history; and (2) regulating the movement of the bounding and loading surfaces according to the direction of loading paths in stress space. Conventional triaxial tests have been performed on reconstituted clay samples in the laboratory. The proposed model is verified with respect to the observed behavior of soil samples. It is shown that like a multisurface model, this model can realistically describe some important responses of clays subjected to both monotonic and cyclic loading, while incorporating the memory of particular loading events.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 7 • July 2002
Pages: 613 - 626
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jan 4, 1999
Accepted: Nov 27, 2001
Published online: Jun 14, 2002
Published in print: Jul 2002
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