| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 9, 2016
3rd European Conference on Unsaturated Soils – “E-UNSAT 2016”
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| Article Number | 08015 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Numerical Modelling | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160908015 | |
| Published online | 12 September 2016 | |
Experimental and numerical approaches of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a quasi-saturated compacted clayey soil
1 Centrale-Supélec, Châtenay-Malabry, France
2 EGIS-Géotechnique, 3, rue Docteur Schweitzer, 38180, Seyssins, France
3 UNIV. GRENOBLE ALPES, 3SR, F-39800, Grenoble, France
4 GAIATECH, 22 rue Antoine Chollier, 38170, Seyssinet, France
a Corresponding author: zhongsen.li@centralesupelec.fr
The present research is funded by the French National Project « TerreDurable », which is dedicated to the study of soils in quasi-saturated conditions (close to saturation) for the analysis of stability and settlement of earth structures such as embankment, dams. A global presentation of the drying-wetting test shows the volume change, air entry and soil-water characteristics of the soil at slurry and oven-dried conditions. Unsaturated undrained triaxial test was carried out in order to investigate the variation of pore-water pressure from quasi-saturated domain to saturation. The experimental results of the triaxial test are then modeled using a two-dimensional explicit finite difference program (Flac 2D). A constitutive law developed in the TerreDurable project allows better understanding the behaviour of quasi-saturated soils using the water retention curve of quasi-saturated domain proposed by Boutonnier (2007, 2010). A simple effective stress model is used (Cam Clay) by taking into account both the suction and the compressibility of equivalent fluid (water + air). The results from numerical calculation and experimental measurements are compared.
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