Failure Surface and Plastic Potential in Deviatoric Plane of Bangkok Clay

Abstract:

This paper presents an experimental investigation on the failure surface and plastic potential in deviatoric plane of Bangkok Clay. The results of torsional shear hollow cylinder and triaxial tests with various principal stress directions and magnitudes of intermediate principal stress on undisturbed Bangkok Clay specimens are presented. The obtained stress-strain behaviors assert clear evidences of anisotropic characteristics of Bangkok Clay. Both failure surface and plastic potential in deviatoric plane of Bangkok Clay are demonstrated as isotropic and of circular shape (Drucker-Prager type) which implies an associated flow rule. Concerning the behavior of Bangkok Clay found from this study, the discussions on the effects of employed constitutive modeling approach on the resulting numerical analysis are made.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 256-259)
• Pages: 256-260
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.256-259.256
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Wanwarang Ratananikom, Siam Yimsiri, Fumihiko Fukuda, Suched Likitlersuang
• Keywords: Anisotropy, Clay, Failure Surface, Plastic Potential, Torsional Shear, Undrained Behavior

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