Cap Plasticity Model for Thawing Soil
by Sally Shoop, P.E., A.M.ASCE, (Research Civil Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755) and Rosa Affleck, A.M.ASCE, (Research Civil Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755)
pp. 1-11, (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40786(165)8)
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Conference Proceeding Paper |
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Calibration of Constitutive Models |
| Abstract: |
A material model for soft, wet soil was generated to simulate the deformation behavior of thawing soil under vehicle loading on paved and unpaved roads. The soil modeled, a frost-susceptible fine sand called Lebanon Sand, was subjected to a full suite of saturated and unsaturated triaxial testing duplicating conditions experienced during large-scale freeze—thaw testing. Material parameters were generated for a capped Drucker—Prager plasticity model with hardening. These were calibrated in triaxial test simulations using the commercial finite element code ABAQUS. The material model was then implemented in several three-dimensional finite element simulations for validation and robustness. |
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