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A Study on the Applicability of Modified Cam-clay Model in Low Plastic Clays  

Lee, Song (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Seoul)
Kim, Tae-Hwoon (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Seoul)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.19, no.4, 2003 , pp. 247-256 More about this Journal
Abstract
FEM analyses which are based on modified Cam-clay theory have been generally used in such cases as analyses of stability and displacement fur embankment construction on soft clays. However, the Modified Cam Clay Model can generate some problems in anisotropic stress conditions of field because the critical state theory has been developed through many laboratory tests in isotropic conditions. Thus, the applicability on the prediction of undrained shear strength and pore water pressure which was based on the critical state theory was evaluated by triaxial tests and numerical analyses in isotropic and anisotropic conditions. Used samples often come out in domestic area, together with general low plastic clays which are showing dilatant behavior in shearing process. They were evaluated by laboratory tests and FEM based on MCCM. From the results of test and numerical analysis, the predictions of undrained strength in low plastic clays well coincided with each other in both isotropic and anisotropic conditions. However, the generation of porewater pressure was often overestimated during undrained shearing in anisotropic conditions. The results can generate the errors in the prediction of stress path of field sites during loading such as construction of embankment on soft clays because the field is subjected to anisotropic conditions during loading.
Keywords
Anisotropic undraind strength; Coefficient of porewater pressure; FEM analysis; Low plasticity;
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