| Issue |
E3S Web of Conf.
Volume 382, 2023
8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023)
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| Article Number | 10006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Physical, Numerical and Constitutive Modelling - Part I | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338210006 | |
| Published online | 24 April 2023 | |
Wetting-induced instabilities: triggering mechanism and predisposing factors
Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Eudossiana street 18, Rome, Italy
* Corresponding author: giada.rotisciani@gmail.com
This paper addresses the topic of unsaturated soil stability focusing on wetting-induced instability mechanisms occurring before the attainment of the classical shear failure. The study was conducted by simulating a series of imbibition tests on elementary soil volumes by controlling water contentand net stresses. The behaviour of an ideal coarse-grained soil was described by combining the WR2-Unsat model for the solid skeleton and the Van Genuchten relationship for the definition of the water retention curve. The model reproduces the soil response upon wetting, modelling the activation mechanism of the volumetric instability and identifying the factors that most contribute to its triggering.
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