Unified Modeling of Interface between Structured Clay or Crushable Sand and Structure
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 149, Issue 8
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to develop a unified elastoplastic model for describing both monotonic and cyclic behaviors of natural structured clay–structure and crushable sand–structure interfaces based on the bounding surface plasticity and the critical state concept with three features: (1) a more general yield surface with two shape parameters is adopted to improve the prediction of the shear yield and the critical state of the soil–structure interface, (2) the degradation of bounding surface size and the adhesive normal stress is introduced into the model to consider the shear strength reduction of natural structured clay–structure interface, and (3) the grain breakage effect on the behavior of crushable sand–structure interface is considered by incorporating the location of the critical-state line with the broadening of grain-size distribution induced by grain breakage. Then, explicit simulation schemes with substepping and error control are established for simulating interface shear tests under constant volume, constant normal load, and constant normal stiffness conditions. Finally, comparisons between experimental and numerical results indicate that the unified soil–structure interface model is able to not only predict the state-dependent monotonic stress–strain behavior of structured clay–structure or crushable sand–structure interfaces, but also reproduce the cyclic accumulative contraction and stabilization, as well as the stress degradation observed in both structured clay–structure and crushable sand–structure interfaces.
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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
The financial supports provided by a GRF project (Grant Nos. 15217220 and N_PolyU534/20) from the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong are gratefully acknowledged.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 149 • Issue 8 • August 2023
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Received: Oct 2, 2022
Accepted: Mar 28, 2023
Published online: Jun 7, 2023
Published in print: Aug 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Nov 7, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Bounding surface
- Clays
- Continuum mechanics
- Deformation (mechanics)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Models (by type)
- Plasticity
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Soil strength
- Soil stress
- Soil structures
- Soils (by type)
- Solid mechanics
- Structural behavior
- Structural engineering
- Structural mechanics
- Structural models
- Structures (by type)
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