A porous model to simulate the evolution of the soil–water characteristic curve with volumetric strains

Hiram Arroyo; Eduardo Rojas; María de la Luz Pérez-Rea; Jaime Horta; José Arroyo

doi:10.1016/j.crme.2015.02.001

A porous model to simulate the evolution of the soil–water characteristic curve with volumetric strains

Hiram Arroyo ¹ ; Eduardo Rojas ¹; María de la Luz Pérez-Rea ¹; Jaime Horta ¹; José Arroyo ²

¹ Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Centro Universitario, Cerro de las Campanas, 76160, Querétaro, Qro., Mexico
² Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Centro Universitario, Avenida Francisco J. Mújica S/N, 58030, Morelia, Mich., Mexico

Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 343 (2015) no. 4, pp. 264-274.

Abstract

Volumetric strains modify the soil–water retention curve. An easy way to take this phenomenon into account is by means of a percolation model based on the pore size distribution of the material. The model proposed herein is able to simulate the retention curves during wetting–drying cycles. As volumetric deformations modify the pore size distribution, its effect on the retention curves can be easily included in the model. The model is validated by comparing some numerical results with experimental results. This procedure represents an option to create fully coupled constitutive models for unsaturated soils.

Received: 2014-10-02
Accepted: 2015-02-03
Published online: 2015-02-20

DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2015.02.001

Mots-clés : Unsaturated soils, Retention curve, Hysteresis, Constitutive modeling, Geotechnical models

Author's affiliations:

Hiram Arroyo ¹; Eduardo Rojas ¹; María de la Luz Pérez-Rea ¹; Jaime Horta ¹; José Arroyo ²

¹ Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Centro Universitario, Cerro de las Campanas, 76160, Querétaro, Qro., Mexico
² Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Centro Universitario, Avenida Francisco J. Mújica S/N, 58030, Morelia, Mich., Mexico

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Hiram Arroyo; Eduardo Rojas; María de la Luz Pérez-Rea; Jaime Horta; José Arroyo. A porous model to simulate the evolution of the soil–water characteristic curve with volumetric strains. Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 343 (2015) no. 4, pp. 264-274. doi : 10.1016/j.crme.2015.02.001. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mecanique/articles/10.1016/j.crme.2015.02.001/

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