Formulation of a Yield Surface for Sand Based on the Elastic Threshold Strain

The present study proposes a rigorous expression of a yield function for sand based on the linear elastic threshold strain concept and empirical expression for the maximum shear modulus. The new yield function was calibrated for Toyoura sand. The calibration results show that the proposed yield surf...

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Main Author: Sang Inn Woo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3541329
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description The present study proposes a rigorous expression of a yield function for sand based on the linear elastic threshold strain concept and empirical expression for the maximum shear modulus. The new yield function was calibrated for Toyoura sand. The calibration results show that the proposed yield surfaces are nonlinear curves that depend on the void ratio of sand in the p′-q plane, whereas the linear lines have been adopted in the bounding surface modeling of sand. This study also found that elliptic yield surfaces are the best fitted with the proposed yield surface and they can be used as alternatives to the proposed yield surface under the undrained shearing where the void ratio (or density) of sand is fixed.
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spelling doaj-art-d85de58fb6f1453aad74ac96751dfc272025-08-20T02:20:58ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942020-01-01202010.1155/2020/35413293541329Formulation of a Yield Surface for Sand Based on the Elastic Threshold StrainSang Inn Woo0Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hannam University, 70 Hannam-ro, Daejeon 34430, Republic of KoreaThe present study proposes a rigorous expression of a yield function for sand based on the linear elastic threshold strain concept and empirical expression for the maximum shear modulus. The new yield function was calibrated for Toyoura sand. The calibration results show that the proposed yield surfaces are nonlinear curves that depend on the void ratio of sand in the p′-q plane, whereas the linear lines have been adopted in the bounding surface modeling of sand. This study also found that elliptic yield surfaces are the best fitted with the proposed yield surface and they can be used as alternatives to the proposed yield surface under the undrained shearing where the void ratio (or density) of sand is fixed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3541329
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Formulation of a Yield Surface for Sand Based on the Elastic Threshold Strain
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title Formulation of a Yield Surface for Sand Based on the Elastic Threshold Strain
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title_fullStr Formulation of a Yield Surface for Sand Based on the Elastic Threshold Strain
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title_short Formulation of a Yield Surface for Sand Based on the Elastic Threshold Strain
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