Influence of suction on the strength and stiffness of compacted sand-bentonite

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dc.contributor.authorBlatz, JA
dc.contributor.authorGraham, J
dc.contributor.authorChandler, NA
dc.date.accessioned2007-09-10T11:40:31Z
dc.date.available2007-09-10T11:40:31Z
dc.date.issued2002-08-30T11:40:31Z
dc.description.abstractThe paper proposes a new elastic-plastic framework for unsaturated, high-plasticity, clayey soils and sand-clay mixtures. The framework considers possible coupling of stress- and suction-induced hardening, leading to a yield surface that is closed or "capped" as suctions increase. This produces a stress state boundary surface in three-dimensional p-q-s stress space (where p is the net mean stress, q is the deviator stress, and s is the matric suction) which differs from that of other conceptual models of its kind. Yielding, a hardening law, and failure criteria for saturated soils are incorporated into the stress state boundary surface. Two parameters, equivalent pressure p(e) and stress ratio eta(s), are introduced to form the basis of the proposed elastic-plastic framework for highly plastic soils with high suctions. This provides an alternative for the stress variables net mean stress and matric suction that are commonly used in modeling unsaturated soils with lower plasticity and lower suctions. This framework has allowed results of experiments on an unsaturated sand-bentonite mixture to be successfully described using elastoplasticity. Yield and failure envelopes associated with the proposed state boundary surface in p-q-s space can be normalized using p(e) and eta(s) in such a way that they agree with a comparable envelope for saturated specimens.en
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dc.identifier.citation0008-3674; CAN GEOTECH J, AUG 2002, vol. 39, no. 4, p.894 to 907.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t02-056
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/2799
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.statusyesen
dc.subjectconstitutive relationshipsen
dc.subjectunsaturationen
dc.subjectlaboratory testsen
dc.subjectexpansive soilsen
dc.subjectclaysen
dc.subjectshear strengthen
dc.subjectTEMPERATUREen
dc.subjectBEHAVIORen
dc.titleInfluence of suction on the strength and stiffness of compacted sand-bentoniteen
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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