Constitutive Relations of Saturated Soils: An Overview

Zhen-Yu Yin (), Pierre-Yves Hicher () and Yin-Fu Jin ()
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Zhen-Yu Yin: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pierre-Yves Hicher: Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering UMR CNRS GeM
Yin-Fu Jin: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chapter Chapter 1 in Practice of Constitutive Modelling for Saturated Soils, 2020, pp 1-46 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, some of the typical mechanical behaviors of saturated soils are introduced and summarized, starting with the most basic materials known as “remolded soils”: compression behavior, shear behavior, influence of intermediate principal stress, induced anisotropy, noncoaxiality, small-strain stiffness, cyclic behavior, time dependency, temperature effects, and water chemistry effects. Then, additional mechanical properties are gradually introduced with constitutive modeling methods for intact natural soils, namely, inherent anisotropy, soil structure, and destructuration. Finally, special problematic soils (i.e., organic soft soil, quick clay) are introduced with their special mechanical properties and constitutive modeling approaches. Each basic characteristic is presented with its definition or basic description, and then, the testing methods with the interpretation of test results, as well as commonly used constitutive modeling methods, are introduced.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6307-2_1

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