Abstract
Desiccation cracking in clayey soils is the cause of significant damage to structures supported by the soils as it can create fluid path ways leading to internal erosion in earth structures, or trigger slope failures and landslides. This paper presents a continuum computational framework to investigate soil cracking undergoing drying shrinkage. The proposed framework combines an advanced meshfree smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) computational method and a size-dependent constitutive model that allows modelling soil cracking at the particle level. The potential of the proposed approach is demonstrated through two examples of a single cracking problem, and a more complex one that involves complex cracking patterns.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Poromechanics VI |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, July 9-13, 2017, Paris, France |
Editors | Matthieu Vandamme , Patrick Dangla, Jean-Michel Pereira, Siavash Ghabezloo |
Place of Publication | Reston, Virginia |
Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers |
Pages | 337-344 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780784480779 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | Biot Conference on Poromechanics (BIOT) 2017 - Paris, France Duration: 9 Jul 2017 → 13 Jul 2017 Conference number: 6th |
Conference
Conference | Biot Conference on Poromechanics (BIOT) 2017 |
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Abbreviated title | BIOT 2017 |
Country/Territory | France |
City | Paris |
Period | 9/07/17 → 13/07/17 |