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Is the quasi-steady state a real behaviour? / J. Yang in Géotechnique, Vol. 61 N° 2 (Fevrier 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Géotechnique > Vol. 61 N° 2 (Fevrier 2011) . - pp. 175–183 Titre : Is the quasi-steady state a real behaviour? : a micromechanical perspective Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : J. Yang, Auteur ; B. B. Dai, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 175–183 Note générale : Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Fabric/Structure  of  soils  Sands  Constitutive  relations Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : Whether the so-called quasi-steady state is a real material response is a fundamental yet controversial question in the study of undrained shear behaviour of sand. An attempt is made here to clarify the question from a micromechanical viewpoint by means of a grain-scale modelling technique combined with statistical analyses. The study shows that the quasi-steady state is a real behaviour rather than a test-induced phenomenon; it is a transition state, and can be regarded as the result of spatial rearrangement of discrete particles sheared under the constant-volume condition. The quasi-steady state has distinct features that make it different from the steady state at both the macro scale and micro scale. During the loading process, the average number of contacts per particle decreases with strain until the quasi-steady state emerges, and after that it increases gradually to an approximately constant value at large deformations associated with the steady state. This result suggests that the loss of contacts is most pronounced at the quasi-steady state. The study also shows that the contact normal forces and particle rotations play a major role in the deformation process, whereas the contributions of contact tangential forces and particle sliding appear to be minor. DEWEY : 624.15 ISSN : 0016-8505 En ligne : http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.8.p.129 [article] Is the quasi-steady state a real behaviour? : a micromechanical perspective [texte imprimé] / J. Yang, Auteur ; B. B. Dai, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 175–183. Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) in Géotechnique > Vol. 61 N° 2 (Fevrier 2011) . - pp. 175–183 Mots-clés : Fabric/Structure  of  soils  Sands  Constitutive  relations Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : Whether the so-called quasi-steady state is a real material response is a fundamental yet controversial question in the study of undrained shear behaviour of sand. An attempt is made here to clarify the question from a micromechanical viewpoint by means of a grain-scale modelling technique combined with statistical analyses. The study shows that the quasi-steady state is a real behaviour rather than a test-induced phenomenon; it is a transition state, and can be regarded as the result of spatial rearrangement of discrete particles sheared under the constant-volume condition. The quasi-steady state has distinct features that make it different from the steady state at both the macro scale and micro scale. During the loading process, the average number of contacts per particle decreases with strain until the quasi-steady state emerges, and after that it increases gradually to an approximately constant value at large deformations associated with the steady state. This result suggests that the loss of contacts is most pronounced at the quasi-steady state. The study also shows that the contact normal forces and particle rotations play a major role in the deformation process, whereas the contributions of contact tangential forces and particle sliding appear to be minor. DEWEY : 624.15 ISSN : 0016-8505 En ligne : http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.8.p.129