Modeling of strength and deformation of overconsolidated clays based on bounding surface plasticity

• Published in: Science China. Technological sciences Vol. 59; no. 9; pp. 1452 - 1462
• Main Authors: Xiao, Yang, Liu, HanLong, Sun, YiFei, Liu, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Science China Press 01.09.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bounding surface; Clay; Constitutive models; Deformation; Dilatancy; Elastoplasticity; Engineering; Model testing; Overconsolidation; Plastic properties; Shearing; Strain; Strength; Stress ratio; Stress-strain relationships; 变形; 可塑性; 应力-应变行为; 弹塑性本构模型; 强度模型; 表面; 超固结土; 边界; peak state strength; critical state theory; dilatancy; overconsolidated clay; yielding ratio; overconsolidated ratio
• ISSN: 1674-7321; 1869-1900
• DOI: 10.1007/s11431-016-6088-0

An elastoplastic constitutive model for overconsolidated clays is established in the framework of the critical state theory and bounding surface plasticity theory. The bounding surface is defined as the maximum yield surface in the loading history. A yielding ratio, i.e., an internal variant, is defined as the size ratio of the current yield surface to the corresponding bounding surface. The yielding ratio instead of the overconsolidation ratio（OCR） is used to evaluate the strength and stress-strain behaviors of overconsolidated clays in the shearing process. The bounding stress ratio incorporating the effect of the yielding ratio is used to characterize the potential failure strength of the overconsolidated clays. The dilation stress ratio taking into account the effect of the yielding ratio is applied to describe the dilatancy behaviors of the overconsolidated clays. Comparisons between model predictions and test data show that the proposed model could well capture the strength and stress-strain behaviors of normally consolidated and overconsolidated clays.