A new creep law for crushable aggregates

The authors have recently proposed a new equation for the one-dimensional (1D) normal compression line, which contains a parameter controlling the size effect on average strength. They showed that the equation held for a wide range of discrete-element modelling (DEM) simulations of crushable aggrega...

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Main Authors: McDowell, Glenn R., de Bono, John P.
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Published: ICE Publishing 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3289/
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description The authors have recently proposed a new equation for the one-dimensional (1D) normal compression line, which contains a parameter controlling the size effect on average strength. They showed that the equation held for a wide range of discrete-element modelling (DEM) simulations of crushable aggregates. This paper incorporates the time-dependence of particle strength. A new equation is proposed and examined using DEM of 1D creep. The simulations show that while the plots may seem linear on a plot of voids ratio against the logarithm of time in the traditional way, the new proposed law, which is linear when the voids ratio is also plotted on a logarithmic scale, is more appropriate. The simulations examine the influence of the size effect hardening law, the time dependence on strength and stress level. It is shown that the new equation holds for each case.
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spelling nottingham-32892020-05-04T20:19:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3289/ A new creep law for crushable aggregates McDowell, Glenn R. de Bono, John P. The authors have recently proposed a new equation for the one-dimensional (1D) normal compression line, which contains a parameter controlling the size effect on average strength. They showed that the equation held for a wide range of discrete-element modelling (DEM) simulations of crushable aggregates. This paper incorporates the time-dependence of particle strength. A new equation is proposed and examined using DEM of 1D creep. The simulations show that while the plots may seem linear on a plot of voids ratio against the logarithm of time in the traditional way, the new proposed law, which is linear when the voids ratio is also plotted on a logarithmic scale, is more appropriate. The simulations examine the influence of the size effect hardening law, the time dependence on strength and stress level. It is shown that the new equation holds for each case. ICE Publishing 2013-07 Article PeerReviewed McDowell, Glenn R. and de Bono, John P. (2013) A new creep law for crushable aggregates. Géotechnique Letters, 3 (3). pp. 103-107. ISSN 2045-2543 http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geolett.13.00030 doi:10.1680/geolett.13.00030 doi:10.1680/geolett.13.00030
spellingShingle McDowell, Glenn R.
de Bono, John P.
A new creep law for crushable aggregates
title A new creep law for crushable aggregates
title_full A new creep law for crushable aggregates
title_fullStr A new creep law for crushable aggregates
title_full_unstemmed A new creep law for crushable aggregates
title_short A new creep law for crushable aggregates
title_sort new creep law for crushable aggregates
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3289/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3289/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3289/