Effect of Particle Shape on Monotonic Liquefaction: Natural and Crushed Sand

This study investigates the effect of particle shape on monotonic liquefaction of the soil by performing a series of static triaxial compression tests. The tests conducted on three types of natural sand (NS), crushed sand (CS), and mixed sand (MS) (i.e., 50% natural sand +50% crushed sand by dry wei...

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Main Authors: Keramatikerman, M., Chegenizadeh, Amin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55320
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author Keramatikerman, M.
Chegenizadeh, Amin
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description This study investigates the effect of particle shape on monotonic liquefaction of the soil by performing a series of static triaxial compression tests. The tests conducted on three types of natural sand (NS), crushed sand (CS), and mixed sand (MS) (i.e., 50% natural sand +50% crushed sand by dry weight of the soil) with different particle shape descriptors consist of roundness (R), sphericity (S), and regularity (ρ). The shearing responses showed that the CS and MS specimens showed a dilative response whereas the natural sand had a strain-softening contractive behaviour. Also, the interpreted results based on a framework of the critical state of the soil mechanic (CSSM) showed that in e-p′ plane, the specimen with a higher amount of crushed particles have a greater strength due to a higher packing characteristics. The investigations on critical state locus on q-p′ plane showed that by increasing the roundness, sphericity and regularity of the specimens the critical friction angle (ϕcs) decreased. Also, studies on flow liquefaction in undrained instability state (UIS) showed that by increasing the particle shape descriptor values, the specimens are more prone to be liquefied.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-553202017-11-10T05:55:59Z Effect of Particle Shape on Monotonic Liquefaction: Natural and Crushed Sand Keramatikerman, M. Chegenizadeh, Amin This study investigates the effect of particle shape on monotonic liquefaction of the soil by performing a series of static triaxial compression tests. The tests conducted on three types of natural sand (NS), crushed sand (CS), and mixed sand (MS) (i.e., 50% natural sand +50% crushed sand by dry weight of the soil) with different particle shape descriptors consist of roundness (R), sphericity (S), and regularity (ρ). The shearing responses showed that the CS and MS specimens showed a dilative response whereas the natural sand had a strain-softening contractive behaviour. Also, the interpreted results based on a framework of the critical state of the soil mechanic (CSSM) showed that in e-p′ plane, the specimen with a higher amount of crushed particles have a greater strength due to a higher packing characteristics. The investigations on critical state locus on q-p′ plane showed that by increasing the roundness, sphericity and regularity of the specimens the critical friction angle (ϕcs) decreased. Also, studies on flow liquefaction in undrained instability state (UIS) showed that by increasing the particle shape descriptor values, the specimens are more prone to be liquefied. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55320 10.1007/s11340-017-0313-z Springer restricted
spellingShingle Keramatikerman, M.
Chegenizadeh, Amin
Effect of Particle Shape on Monotonic Liquefaction: Natural and Crushed Sand
title Effect of Particle Shape on Monotonic Liquefaction: Natural and Crushed Sand
title_full Effect of Particle Shape on Monotonic Liquefaction: Natural and Crushed Sand
title_fullStr Effect of Particle Shape on Monotonic Liquefaction: Natural and Crushed Sand
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Particle Shape on Monotonic Liquefaction: Natural and Crushed Sand
title_short Effect of Particle Shape on Monotonic Liquefaction: Natural and Crushed Sand
title_sort effect of particle shape on monotonic liquefaction: natural and crushed sand
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55320