A plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sand

A new type of plane strain apparatus is developed to study the mechanical properties and shear band failure of soil, which possesses the advantages of flexible loading for lateral confining pressure and noncontact measurement and high measurement accuracy for surface deformation. In addition, the wh...

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Main Authors: Hongxiang Tang, Tao Du, Lijuan Zhang, Longtan Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147718799042
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description A new type of plane strain apparatus is developed to study the mechanical properties and shear band failure of soil, which possesses the advantages of flexible loading for lateral confining pressure and noncontact measurement and high measurement accuracy for surface deformation. In addition, the whole deformation procedure of the specimen can be recorded with images, which can be used to describe the development of strain localization and the shear band. It can be seen that the deformation process has three obvious stages, that is, the hardening stage, the softening stage, and the residual stage. The measured inclination angles of shear bands decrease as confining pressure or the mean size increases. In addition, it can be observed that the sand presents continuing growth of the unrecoverable plastic deformation inside the shear band and exhibits almost elastic deformation outside. From the detection results for local points in the specimen, the stress–strain relationships are different for different parts, and the sand sample behaves like an uneven structure instead of an even element, which means that the usual method of measuring the stress–strain relationship of the soil sample is only a macroscopic approximation.
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spelling doaj-art-e6b83147d3a24c57b9e8e79d58b13c8f2025-08-20T02:21:04ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772018-09-011410.1177/1550147718799042A plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sandHongxiang Tang0Tao Du1Lijuan Zhang2Longtan Shao3State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, ChinaA new type of plane strain apparatus is developed to study the mechanical properties and shear band failure of soil, which possesses the advantages of flexible loading for lateral confining pressure and noncontact measurement and high measurement accuracy for surface deformation. In addition, the whole deformation procedure of the specimen can be recorded with images, which can be used to describe the development of strain localization and the shear band. It can be seen that the deformation process has three obvious stages, that is, the hardening stage, the softening stage, and the residual stage. The measured inclination angles of shear bands decrease as confining pressure or the mean size increases. In addition, it can be observed that the sand presents continuing growth of the unrecoverable plastic deformation inside the shear band and exhibits almost elastic deformation outside. From the detection results for local points in the specimen, the stress–strain relationships are different for different parts, and the sand sample behaves like an uneven structure instead of an even element, which means that the usual method of measuring the stress–strain relationship of the soil sample is only a macroscopic approximation.https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147718799042
spellingShingle Hongxiang Tang
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A plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sand
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
title A plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sand
title_full A plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sand
title_fullStr A plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sand
title_full_unstemmed A plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sand
title_short A plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sand
title_sort plane strain testing apparatus characterized by flexible loading and noncontact deformation measurement and its application to the study of shear band failure of sand
url https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147718799042
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