This paper presents the experimental investigation carried out for evaluation of the rheological behaviours of Hangzhou soft clay, and proposes a three-dimensional elastic viscoplastic model to describe the rheological characteristics under triaxial condition. Firstly, the time-dependent behaviours of Hangzhou soft clay, such as creep and strain rate effects, were observed and discussed based on the analysis of rheological tests. Subsequently, a constitutive model was formulated under the framework of Perzyna’s overstress theory and incorporates other developments, including: 1) A smooth and continuous egg-shaped yield surface, whose shape can change from an ellipse to a teardrop shape, thus providing greater flexibility for better modelling; 2) An equivalent time concept, which enables the model to describe the time-dependent behaviours under different loading paths. By varying the shape parameter, the newly established model can be degenerated into modified Cam-clay (MCC) model or Yin-Graham elastic viscoplastic model. Finally, the model was solved numerically using the fourth-order convergent iterative method combined with the Runge-Kutta method. Comparison of simulation results and experimental data shows that the newly proposed model has an ability to predict creep characteristics and strain rate effects of soft clay.


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    Title :

    An Egg-Shaped Elastic Viscoplastic Model for Clay: Experimental Investigation and Constitutive Modelling


    Additional title:

    KSCE J Civ Eng


    Contributors:
    Ding, Pan (author) / Ju, Luying (author) / Xu, Riqing (author) / Yan, Zihai (author) / Wu, Mingming (author) / Zhang, Gangping (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2023-05-01


    Size :

    11 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English