APPLIED SOIL MECHANICS
Applied Soil Mechanics: with ABAQUS Applications. Sam Helwany
© 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-471-79107-2
APPLIED SOIL
MECHANICS
with ABAQUS Applications
SAM HELWANY
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Helwany, Sam, 1958-
Applied soil mechanics with ABAQUS applications / Sam Helwany.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-471-79107-2 (cloth)
1. Soil mechanics. 2. Finite element method. 3. ABAQUS. I. Title.
TA710.H367 2007
624.1’5136–dc22
2006022830
Printed in the United States of America.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To the memory
of my parents
CONTENTS
PREFACE
1 PROPERTIES OF SOIL
1.1
1.2
Soil Formation / 1
Physical Parameters of Soils / 3
1.2.1 Relative Density / 7
1.3 Mechanical Properties of Soil / 8
1.3.1 Sieve Analysis / 8
1.3.2 Hydrometer Analysis / 10
Soil Consistency / 11
1.4.1 Liquid Limit / 12
1.4.2 Plastic Limit / 12
1.4.3 Shrinkage Limit / 12
Plasticity Chart / 13
Classification Systems / 14
Compaction / 16
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
2 ELASTICITY AND PLASTICITY
2.1
2.2
Introduction / 21
Stress Matrix / 22
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CONTENTS
2.3
Elasticity / 23
2.3.1 Three-Dimensional Stress Condition / 23
2.3.2 Uniaxial Stress Condition / 24
2.3.3 Plane Strain Condition / 25
2.3.4 Plane Stress Condition / 27
Plasticity / 28
2.4
2.5 Modified Cam Clay Model / 28
2.5.1 Normal Consolidation Line and Unloading–Reloading
Lines / 30
2.5.2 Critical-State Line / 33
2.5.3 Yield Function / 36
2.5.4 Hardening and Softening Behavior / 36
2.5.5 Elastic Moduli for Soil / 38
2.5.6 Summary of Modified Cam Clay Model Parameters / 39
2.5.7
2.5.8 Calculations of the Consolidated–Drained Stress–Strain
Incremental Plastic Strains / 40
Behavior of a Normally Consolidated Clay Using the Modified
Cam Clay Model / 42
2.5.9 Step-by-Step Calculation Procedure for a CD Triaxial Test on
NC Clays / 44
2.5.10 Calculations of the Consolidated–Undrained Stress–Strain
Behavior of a Normally Consolidated Clay Using the Modified
Cam Clay Model / 47
2.5.11 Step-by-Step Calculation Procedure for a CU Triaxial Test on
NC Clays / 49
2.6
2.7
2.5.12 Comments on the Modified Cam Clay Model / 53
Stress Invariants / 53
2.6.1 Decomposition of Stresses / 55
Strain Invariants / 57
2.7.1 Decomposition of Strains / 57
Extended Cam Clay Model / 58
2.8
2.9 Modified Drucker–Prager/Cap Model / 61
2.9.1 Flow Rule / 63
2.9.2 Model Parameters / 64
2.10 Lade’s Single Hardening Model / 68
2.10.1 Elastic Behavior / 68
2.10.2 Failure Criterion / 68
2.10.3 Plastic Potential and Flow Rule / 69
2.10.4 Yield Criterion / 72
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2.10.5 Predicting Soil’s Behavior Using Lade’s Model: CD Triaxial
Test Conditions / 82
3 STRESSES IN SOIL
90
3.1
3.2
3.3
Introduction / 90
In Situ Soil Stresses / 90
3.2.1 No-Seepage Condition / 93
3.2.2 Upward-Seepage Conditions / 97
3.2.3 Capillary Rise / 99
Stress Increase in a Semi-Infinite Soil Mass Caused by External
Loading / 101
3.3.1 Stresses Caused by a Point Load (Boussinesq Solution) / 102
3.3.2 Stresses Caused by a Line Load / 104
3.3.3 Stresses Under the Center of a Uniformly Loaded Circular
3.3.4 Stresses Caused by a Strip Load (B/L ≈ 0) / 114
3.3.5 Stresses Caused by a Uniformly Loaded Rectangular
Area / 109
Area / 116
4 CONSOLIDATION
124
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
Introduction / 124
One-Dimensional Consolidation Theory / 125
4.2.1 Drainage Path Length / 127
4.2.2 One-Dimensional Consolidation Test / 127
Calculation of the Ultimate Consolidation Settlement / 131
Finite Element Analysis of Consolidation Problems / 132
4.4.1 One-Dimensional Consolidation Problems / 133
4.4.2 Two-Dimensional Consolidation Problems / 147
5 SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOIL
162
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
Introduction / 162
Direct Shear Test / 163
Triaxial Compression Test / 170
5.3.1 Consolidated–Drained Triaxial Test / 172
5.3.2 Consolidated–Undrained Triaxial Test / 180
5.3.3 Unconsolidated–Undrained Triaxial Test / 185
5.3.4 Unconfined Compression Test / 186
Field Tests / 186
5.4.1 Field Vane Shear Test / 187