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Title:
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Modelling the mechanical behaviour of expansive clays
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Author:
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Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Vaunat, Jean; Gens Solé, Antonio
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Other authors:
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria del Terreny, Cartogràfica i Geofísica |
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Abstract:
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A simple formalism is presented to model the behaviour of expansive clays. Two levels of structure are considered.
The behaviour of the macrostructure follows the model developed for unsaturated materials by Alonso et al.
[Ge´otechnique 40 (3) (1990) 405–430]. The behaviour of the microstructure is adapted from the work of Gens and
Alonso [Can. Geotech. J. 29 (1992) 1013–1032] in order to include the possibility of the micropores being partially
saturated. Mechanical coupling between both levels of structure are defined through two functions, one for wetting
and the other for drying. They express the change in macrostructural void ratio due to a change in microstructural
void ratio, and their value depends on the state of compaction of the macrostructure. The general shape of these
curves is discussed on the basis of experimental evidence. Phenomena such as the dependency of strain on stress–
suction path, accumulation of expansion strain during suction cycles at low confining stress, accumulation of
compression strain during suction cycles at high confining stress, strain fatigue during drying–wetting cycles, macropore
invasion by expanded microstructure and development of macroporosity during strong drying can be represented. A
mathematical formulation of the model is described and its performance finally assessed by comparison with laboratory
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Subject(s):
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-Swelling soils
-Soil mechanics
-Plasticity
-Elasticity
-Expansive soils
-Model
-Mecànica dels sòls
-Plasticitat
-Elasticitat
-Sòls -- Estabilitat |
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Elsevier
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