Stress-Strain Modulus of Clay in Undrained Shear

1965 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-228
Author(s):  
Hiram G. Larew
1968 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Ladanyi ◽  
J P Morin ◽  
C Pelchat

The post-peak stress-strain behaviour in undrained shear of three different clays has been investigated by using an indirect method. This method, which is in principle similar to that used by Kallstenius (1963), consists in first compressing a clay specimen to a given post-peak strain between two parallel platens and subsequently determining its current remoulded strength by the laboratory vane method. By a repeated compression procedure, axial strains of up to 200 per cent have been attained. As the three clays tested differed widely in sensitivity, a comparison of their post-peak behaviour made clearly apparent the effect of structural breakdown on the reserve shear strength at large strains.


2020 ◽  
Vol 975 ◽  
pp. 203-207
Author(s):  
Shih Tsung Hsu ◽  
Wen Chi Hu ◽  
Yu Heng Lin ◽  
Zhuo Ling

Constitutive models for soils are usually adopted in numerical method to analyze the behavior of geotechnical structures. This study performs a series of consolidated-undrained triaxial tests to establish the stress-strain curve of clay. A constitutive model that considers continuous strain hardening-softening is proposed based on the results of triaxial tests. Triaxial test results reveal that undrained shear strength linearly increases with an increase in consolidated pressure , the normalized undrained shear strength is about 0.52 not only for this study but also for the other two cases around Taipei Basin. Due to undrained condition, an associated flow rule between plastic strain increment and stress tensor is adopted. As accumulative plastic strain or/and consolidated pressure change, the mobilized undrained shear strength also changes. All parameters needed for the proposed model can be expressed as a function of undrained shear strength Su, The mobilized undrained shear strength for the proposed model during strain hardening-softening can be in term of accumulative plastic strain. This model can calculate the stress-strain curves of clayed soils accurately.


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