Double Strain Softening and Diagonally Crossing Shear Bands of Sand in Drained Triaxial Tests
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 6, Issue 6
Abstract
A comprehensive understanding of the shear behavior of sand in the context of shear band development has not been achieved yet in spite of many detailed research works on each specified subject. In order to observe the entire drained shear behavior of Toyoura sand from the macromechanical point of view, conventional triaxial tests were performed and analyzed up to an axial strain of 30% for various void ratios, initial confining stresses, and stress paths, paying particular attention to volume changes. The strong correlation was found between “double strain softening” and “diagonally crossing shear bands” as a remarkable result. Finally, a qualitative explanation of relations among the stress–strain curve, the failure shape, the dilatancy index–strain curve and the strain localization, could be clearly made. Also, it is concluded that the dilatancy index is an indicator not only of the ratio of the volumetric strain increment to the axial strain increment but also the condition of the strain localization.
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Acknowledgments
This research was partly supported by a Kajima Foundation’s Research Grant. The writers are grateful for this support. They also thank Mr. T. Yoshihashi who conducted the tests in 1999 as part of his graduation thesis at Saitama University, and Professor M. Zaman of the University of Oklahoma and Dr. S. Somasundaram of Advanced Earth Sciences Inc. for their insightful comments on this technical note.
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International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 6 • Issue 6 • November 2006
Pages: 440 - 446
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Received: Dec 7, 2004
Accepted: Oct 21, 2005
Published online: Nov 1, 2006
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