Soil Uncertainty and Its Influence on Simulated and Damping Behavior
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 137, Issue 3
Abstract
In this paper, recently developed probabilistic elastoplasticity was applied in simulating cyclic behavior of clay. A simple von Mises elastic–perfectly plastic material model was used for simulation. Probabilistic soil parameters, elastic shear modulus () and undrained shear strength (), needed for the simulation were obtained from correlations with the standard penetration test (SPT) -value. It has been shown that the probabilistic approach to geo-material modeling captures some of the important aspects—the modulus reduction, material damping ratio, and modulus degradation—of cyclic behavior of clay reasonably well, even with the simple elastic–perfectly plastic material model.
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Acknowledgments
The work presented in this paper was supported by Grant No. NSFNSF-CMMI-0600766 from the Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Program, Directorate of Engineering of the National Science Foundation—cognizant program director Dr. Richard Fragaszy.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 137 • Issue 3 • March 2011
Pages: 218 - 226
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Received: Nov 20, 2009
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Published online: Jul 29, 2010
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