Article Dans Une Revue Computers and Geotechnics Année : 2024

3D DEM Simulations of Cyclic Loading-Induced Densification and Critical State Convergence in Granular soils

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Granular soils exhibit very complex responses when subjected to cyclic loading. Understanding the cyclic behavior of such materials is not only crucial for engineering applications but also the bottleneck of most of constitutive models. This study employs 3D Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations to explore the accumulative plastic deformation and the internal fabric evolution within granular soils during cyclic loading. Two novel observations are identified: 1) A distinct and unique linear relationship between post-cyclic loading void ratio e and log (p * /p0) is found independent of the amplitude of cyclic load and the initial stress state prior to cyclic loading, where p * is the mean pressure incorporating cyclic loading stress and p0 is the mean pressure prior to cyclic loading; 2) When resuming drained triaxial loadings after cyclic loadings, we observe that both microstructural and macroscopic variables converge to the same values they would have reached for pure monotonic drained triaxial loadings. This intriguing behavior underscores and extends to more general loading paths the influential and attractive power of the critical state.
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hal-04909107 , version 1 (23-01-2025)

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Tao Wang, Antoine Wautier, Chao-Sheng Tang, François Nicot. 3D DEM Simulations of Cyclic Loading-Induced Densification and Critical State Convergence in Granular soils. Computers and Geotechnics, 2024, 173, pp.106559. ⟨10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106559⟩. ⟨hal-04909107⟩
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