Modeling Strain-Rate Dependent Behavior of -Consolidated Soft Clays
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Abstract
An anisotropic elastic-viscoplastic constitutive model is developed for -consolidated soft clays in general stress space. Two surfaces are assumed to exist for any loading stress as the loading surface and the reference surface. The scalar multiplier is established by the viscoplastic volumetric strain rate under a one-dimensional straining condition. This model can adequately simulate the stress–strain behavior of undrained triaxial constant strain rate shear tests and undrained creep tests for -consolidated clays. The strain-rate dependencies of preconsolidation pressure and undrained shear strength are investigated in analytical formulations, and the similarities and differences of their corresponding strain-rate parameters are examined.
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Acknowledgments
The research reported in this paper was funded by a research grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50779061, No. 51079128), Grant from Excellent Youth Foundation of Zhejiang Scientific Committee (No. R1100093), and Grant from Non-profit Industry Financial Program of MWR (No.201001071). The authors gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments of the reviewers.
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Volume 138 • Issue 7 • July 2012
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Received: Jun 4, 2010
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