Effects of Principal Stress Directions and Mean Normal Stress on Failure Criterion for Cross-Anisotropic Sand
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 139, Issue 11
Abstract
An experimental program consisting of triaxial compression tests and torsion shear tests was designed and carried out to study the variation of shear strength in cross-anisotropic deposits of fine Nevada sand under two- and three-dimensional (3D) conditions using triaxial compression and a recently developed torsion shear apparatus. Triaxial compression tests were performed on vertical and horizontal specimens with cross-anisotropic fabric to obtain the shear strength and its variation with mean normal stress and with testing direction. The results formed the basis for characterizing the variation of curvature in meridian planes with mean normal stress. Furthermore, 44 drained torsion shear tests were performed at constant mean confining stress ; constant intermediate principal stress ratios, as indicated by ; and principal stress directions . The experiments were performed on large hollow cylinder specimens deposited by dry pluviation and tested in an automated torsion shear apparatus. The specimens had a height of 40 cm, an average diameter of 20 cm, and a wall thickness of 2 cm. The 3D failure surface of the fine Nevada sand is presented with discrete combinations of principal stress direction and the intermediate principal stress, and the effects of these two variables on the shape of the failure surface are presented.
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Acknowledgments
The research presented here was performed with support from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI-0757827. Grateful appreciation is expressed for this support.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 139 • Issue 11 • November 2013
Pages: 1592 - 1601
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Oct 4, 2012
Accepted: Jan 22, 2013
Published online: Oct 15, 2013
Published in print: Nov 1, 2013
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