非饱和土的水力和力学特性及其弹塑性描述

简单回顾了非饱和土本构模型研究的发展历程,总结了近几年非饱和土弹塑性本构模型最新研究成果,重点介绍了能统一模拟非饱和土水力性状和力学性状耦合的弹塑性本构模型。通过对建立模型过程中的几个核心问题讨论,较详细地说明该类模型的结构、性能以及相关问题。非饱和土水力性状的滞回性用假定存在饱和度弹性区间的弹塑性过程来模拟;该类耦合模型不仅考虑了吸力对非饱和土水力性状和力学性状的影响,还考虑了饱和度对应力-应变关系和强度的影响以及土体变形对土-水特征曲线的影响。用同一套模型参数,耦合模型可统一预测在吸力控制或含水率控制下沿各种应力路径下非饱和土的水力-力学特性,并简单介绍了膨胀性非饱和土的弹塑性本构模型以及耦合模型在有限元数值计算中的应用。     

非饱和土化学-水力-力学耦合行为数值模拟

在描述非饱和土力学本构行为的Gens-Alonso模型[1]的基础上,结合化学浓度对前固结压力的软化公式[2],并考虑了化学浓度对黏聚力的软化作用,建立了描述非饱和土化学-水力-力学耦合行为的本构模型。对包括化学-水力-力学本构关系、流体流动和污染物传输的控制方程的平衡方程组进行有限元离散,并采用此非饱和土化学-水力-力学耦合行为的数值模型对非饱和土中隧道周围化学-水力-力学耦合过程进行了模拟,对纯粹的力学响应、弹性化学力学响应、弹塑性化学力学响应 3 种情况进行了分析,数值结果显示了化学浓度作用下隧道周围的体积变化量和应力状态比单纯的力学响应有较大的提高,隧道表面的收缩量也有明显的增大。数值模拟的结果显示了该方法对模拟非饱和土复杂的耦合行为的可行性。     

非饱和上海软土水力和力学特性耦合弹塑性模拟

目前大多数非饱和土的弹塑性本构模型用非饱和击实土的试验结果进行验证,但现场其他类型的土,如沉积土经常有在非饱和状态下外部环境变化的情况。现有的非饱和土弹塑性模型是否适用于沉积土一类的现场土是需要研究的课题。进行非饱和上海第③层土的吸力控制排水排气三轴剪切试验,使用文中提出的能统一考虑非饱和土水力性状和力学性状的弹塑性本构模型,预测上述三轴试验结果,并与试验数据进行比较。比较结果显示,建立的本构模型能够很好地预测非饱和上海软土的水力和力学性质,说明该模型不仅可以适用击实土的预测,还能够很好地适用于其他类型非饱和土的水力和力学性质的模拟。     

非饱和土化学-塑性耦合本构行为的数值模拟

基于Hueckel提出的饱和黏土化学-塑性本构模型和Gallipoli提出的非饱和土弹塑性本构模型,提出了一个新的非饱和多孔介质的化学-塑性本构模型,并建立了该模型的隐式积分算法,算法中考虑了化学软化和非饱和吸力的影响。在已有的非饱和多孔介质有限元分析程序平台上进行了程序研发,对孔隙水中化学污染物浓度变化对非饱和土力学行为的影响进行数值模拟,使所研制的程序能够进行岩土工程问题的化学-力学耦合非线性分析。     

一种考虑水力滞回效应的非饱和土弹塑性扩展剑桥本构模型显式算法有限元实现

非饱和土应力-应变关系是土力学研究的重要领域。众多学者在非饱和土本构模型及其数值实现方面取得了大量研究成果,但在显示积分算法方面研究较少。在ABAQUS有限元平台基础上,应用带误差控制的显示积分算法,将一种扩展剑桥非饱和土本构模型编制成ABAQUS umat用户材料本构模型子程序,程序应用自动子增量步算法进行误差控制,采用改进欧拉法进行常微分方程显示求解。应用ABAQUS usdfld子程序将ABAQUS计算过程中饱和度及其增量保存为状态变量并导入umat进行耦合计算,使程序完全具备了进行非饱和土本构计算的能力。通过与ABAQUS自带饱和土本构模型的对比数值试验以及多种不同应力路径下的数值试验,验证了本构程序算法的正确性与合理性,相较于传统方法具有形式简洁、计算精度高、稳定性高等优点。最后运用扩展剑桥模型进行考虑水力滞回效应的土干湿循环数值试验,并分析了模型参数b对土干湿循环条件下不可逆累积变形的影响。结果表明,模型参数b对非饱和土干湿循环条件下的力学行为影响很大,b值越大不可逆累积变形越明显,b值越小则不可逆累积变形越小。所采用的误差控制自动子增量步显示积分算法在模拟非饱和土扩展剑桥模型时取得了良好效果,为后续研究打下坚实基础。     

非饱和土毛细滞回与变形耦合弹塑性本构模型

在修正剑桥模型的基础上,提出了一个非饱和土毛细滞回与骨架变形耦合的弹塑性本构模型。该模型考虑了基质吸力与饱和度对屈服应力的影响,可以同时描述非饱和土的弹塑性变形特性与毛细循环滞回效应。根据塑性体变的产生使非饱和土进气值增大的特点,建立了变形对土-水特征曲线影响的数学描述。该模型有效地考虑了饱和度对前期屈服应力的作用,准确地反映了土体在不同土-水状态条件下（脱湿和吸湿过程）强度特性的变化,而且还可以有效地描述水力循环历史对土体变形的影响。通过与试验数据对比,证明了该模型能够模拟非饱和土的主要力学特性。     

一种考虑水力滞回效应的非饱和土弹塑性扩展剑桥本构模型显式算法有限元实现

非饱和土应力应变关系是土力学研究的重要领域。众多学者在非饱和土本构模型及其数值实现方面取得了大量研究成果,但在显示积分算法方面研究较少。本文在Abaqus有限元平台基础上,应用带误差控制的显示积分算法,将一种扩展剑桥非饱和土本构模型编制成Abaqus umat用户材料本构模型子程序,程序应用自动子增量步算法进行误差控制,采用改进欧拉法进行常微分方程显示求解。应用Abaqus usdfld子程序将Abaqus计算过程中饱和度及其增量保存为状态变量并导入umat进行耦合计算,使程序完全具备了进行非饱和土本构计算的能力。通过与Anaqus自带饱和土本构模型的对比数值试验以及多种不同应力路径下数值试验,验证了本构程序算法的正确性与合理性,相较于传统方法具有形式简洁、计算精度高、稳定性高等优点。最后本文运用扩展剑桥模型进行考虑水力滞回效应的土干湿循环数值试验,并分析了模型参数b对土干湿循环条件下不可逆累积变形的影响,结果表明模型参数b对非饱和土干湿循环条件下的力学行为影响很大,b值越大不可逆累积变形越明显,b值越小则不可逆累积变形越小。本文采用的误差控制自动子增量步显示积分算法在模拟非饱和土扩展剑桥模型时取得了良好效果,为后续研究打下坚实基础。     

考虑残余含气量的非饱和土的水力耦合本构模型

大量的非饱和土干湿循环试验表明,当土体处于吸湿过程直至吸力降低为0 kPa时,土体并不能达到完全饱和状态,还存在一定的残余气体。在高饱和度时,由于残余气体以封闭气泡的形式分布在土体中,土体呈现较大的压缩性,使其与饱和土的性质不同。在这种状态下,现有的非饱和土本构模型预测到的土饱和度为100%,与试验结果存在一定的偏差。为了使本构模型在高饱和度状态时具有较高的精度,对非饱和土的毛细滞回和塑性变形耦合本构模型进行了修正,使其能够考虑残余含气量的影响。通过预测与实测结果比较,证明了新模型能够有效地模拟残余含气量对非饱和土力学特性的影响。     

非饱和黏土状态相关本构模型的数值实现

基于双重塑性机制,即剪切滑移和加载湿陷机制,及毛细滞回和变形间的耦合作用,提出了一个适用于非饱和黏土的状态相关本构模型。建立了该模型的隐式积分算法,并处理了双重固相屈服面交点处的应力积分问题。考虑了吸力与应力间的关系,推导了本构关系的一致性切线模量。最后,利用该模型预测了一组非饱和黏土的三轴试验,以此反映模型的描述能力;对比了不同应变步长下应变控制试验的计算结果,并以此验证算法的收敛性和准确性;利用有限元程序平台U_DYSAC2计算了二维情况下非饱和土地区地基固结问题,从而验证所得一致性切线模量的有效性。     

热-水-力耦合作用下非饱和土变形特性的弹塑性模拟

在已有的非饱和土水-力耦合模型基础上,耦合考虑温度影响,建立了一个热-水-力耦合作用下非饱和土弹塑性本构模型。该模型以土骨架平均应力、修正吸力和温度为应力状态变量,以土骨架应变、饱和度和熵为应变状态变量。通过引入与温度相关的屈服面(LY、TY)以及相应的硬化规律来考虑温度对土体变形的影响。利用建立的模型,对文献中不同吸力和温度条件下的等向压缩和三轴排水剪切试验进行预测,预测结果表明,该模型能够较好地定量描述热-水-力耦合作用下非饱和土的变形特性。     

Coupled modelling of hydro‐mechanical behaviour of unsaturated compacted expansive soils

The Barcelona basic model cannot predict the mechanical behaviour of unsaturated expansive soils, whereas the Barcelona expansive model (BExM) can only predict the stress–strain behaviour of unsaturated expansive soils without the water‐retention behaviour being incorporated. Moreover, the micro‐parameters and the coupling function between micro‐structural and macro‐structural strains in the BExM are difficult to determine. Experimental data show that the compression curves for non‐expansive soils under constant suctions are shifted towards higher void ratios with increasing suction, whereas the opposite is true for expansive soils. According to the observed water‐retention behaviour of unsaturated expansive soils, the air‐entry value increases with density, and the relationship between the degree of saturation and void ratio is linear at constant suction. According to the above observation, an elastoplastic constitutive model is developed for predicting the hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of unsaturated expansive soils, based on the existing hydro‐mechanical model for non‐expansive unsaturated soil. The model takes into consideration the effect of degree of saturation on the mechanical behaviour and that of void ratio on the water‐retention behaviour. The concept of equivalent void ratio curve is introduced to distinguish the plastic potential curve from the yield curve. The model predictions are compared with the test results of an unsaturated expansive soil, including swelling tests under constant net stress, isotropic compression tests and triaxial shear tests under constant suction. The comparison indicates that the model offers great potential for quantitatively predicting the hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of unsaturated expansive soils. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effect of degree of saturation on mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils and its elastoplastic simulation

The two stress-state variable approach has been widely used in interpreting unsaturated soil behaviour. However this approach cannot take into account the effect of degree of saturation or water contents on the stress–strain behaviour and strength of unsaturated soils. The triaxial test results presented in this paper show that even if the same path of net stress and suction is followed, the stress–strain relation and strength are different due to different degrees of saturation. When other conditions are the same, the higher the degree of saturation for the soil sample is, the higher the stress ratio corresponding to a given axial strain will be. This effect can be modeled by using an elasto-plastic constitutive model coupling hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils. Comparisons between the predicted and measured results are presented, which demonstrate that the model can quantitatively simulate the influence of the degree of saturation on stress–strain behaviour and strength of unsaturated soils.     

On the use of effective stress in three-dimensional hydro-mechanical coupled model

In the last decades, a number of hydro-mechanical elastoplastic constitutive models for unsaturated soils have been proposed. Those models couple the hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils, and take into account the effects of the degree of saturation on the stress–strain behaviour and the effects of deformation on the soil–water characteristic response with a simple reversible part for the hysteresis. In addition, the influence of the suction on the stress–strain behaviour is considered. However, until now, few models predict the stress–strain and soil–water characteristic responses of unsaturated soils in a fully three-dimensional Finite Element code. This paper presents the predictions of an unsaturated soil model in a Three-dimensional Framework, and develops a study on the effect of partial saturation on the stability of shallow foundation resting on unsaturated silty soil. Qualitative predictions of the constitutive model show that incorporating a special formulation for the effective stress into an elastoplastic coupled hydro-mechanical model opens a full range of possibilities in modelling unsaturated soil behaviour.     

饱和度对非饱和土力学性质的影响

现在被广泛公认的由Fredlund提出的非饱和土力学的双参数理论,即净应力和吸力为非饱和土的应力状态量,不能直接考虑饱和度或含水率对非饱和土的应力-应变关系和强度的影响。在非饱和土三轴试验结果表明,即使在净应力和吸力路径相同的条件下,具有不同饱和度试样的应力-应变关系和强度也是不同的。其他条件相同时,试样饱和度越高,其应力比-应变关系曲线越高,强度越大。最新的水力-力学特性耦合的弹塑性本构模型可以定量地表示上述非饱和土的性质     

吸力历史对非饱和土力学性质的影响

现在被广泛公认的由Fredlund提出的非饱和土力学的双参数理论,即净应力和吸力为非饱和土的应力状态变量,不能直接考虑吸力历史及其饱和度对非饱和土的应力-应变关系和强度的影响。非饱和土三轴试验结果表明,即使净应力和吸力相同的条件下,经过干-湿循环试样与未经过干-湿循环试样的应力比-应变关系和强度是不相同的。在其他条件相同时,经历过干-湿循环的试样比未经过干-湿循环试样的应力比-应变关系要高、强度大和体变小。经过干-湿循环试样的饱和度低而强度高,主要是由于经过先期较高的吸力,相当于受过较大的前期有效压力,使试样成为超固结土。更多不同吸力历史的对比试验有待于进一步研究,以便为非饱和土的水力-力学特性耦合弹塑性本构模型定量地表示上述非饱和土的性质提供基础性试验数据。     

Generalized plasticity state parameter‐based model for saturated and unsaturated soils. Part II: Unsaturated soil modeling

The aim of this paper is to extend the generalized plasticity state parameter‐based model presented in part 1 to reproduce the hydro‐mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils. The proposed model is based on two pairs of stress–strain variables and a suitable hardening law taking into account the bonding—debonding effect of suction and degree of saturation. A generalized state parameter for unsaturated state is proposed to reproduce soil behavior using a single set of material parameters. Generalized plasticity gives a suitable framework to reproduce not only monotonic stress path but also cyclic behavior. The hydraulic hysteresis during a drying—wetting cycle and the void ratio effect on the hydraulic behavior is introduced. Comparison between model simulations and a series of experimental data available, both cohesive and granular, are given to illustrate the accuracy of the enhanced generalized plasticity equation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A bounding surface model for unsaturated soils considering the microscopic pore structure and interparticle bonding effect due to water menisci

The interparticle bonding effect due to water menisci plays an important role in the hydromechanical coupling properties of unsaturated soils. This paper presents an unsaturated hydromechanical coupling model that considers the influence of matric suction, degree of saturation, and microscopic pore structure on the interparticle bonding effect. The enhanced effective stress and bonding variable are selected as constitutive variables. The bonding variable is correlated with the ratio between unsaturated void ratio and saturated void ratio. The deformation characteristics of unsaturated soils are described based on the bounding surface plasticity theory. A soil–water characteristic model that considers deformation and hydraulic hysteresis is integrated into the constitutive model to achieve hydromechanical coupling. The proposed model can effectively describe the hydromechanical coupling characteristics and the meniscus bonding force of unsaturated bimodal structure soils; the model parameters can be easily obtained through routine experiments. The experimental results of unsaturated isotropic compression, the wetting/drying cycle, and unsaturated triaxial shear tests are used to validate the capability of the proposed model.

     

A fully coupled elastic–plastic hydromechanical model for compacted soils accounting for clay activity

A constitutive model, accounting for multiphase and multiscale coupling, is proposed for the water retention domain and the stress–strain response of compacted clayey soils. The model is based on a conceptual interpretation of the microfabric evolution of compacted soils along generalised hydromechanical paths, detected by means of mercury intrusion porosimeter tests. Multiphase coupling is provided by the mutual interaction between the mechanical and the hydraulic states. Multiscale coupling is introduced by a measure of the size of the aggregates, which influences both the retention and the stress–strain response, in the phenomenological constitutive equations. Model capabilities are verified by comparison with relevant experimental data from laboratory tests on compacted Boom clay and other selected experimental data on different compacted clayey soils. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Explicit stress integration with error control for the Barcelona Basic Model: Part I: Algorithms formulations

The numerical integration of the stress–strain relationship is an important part of many finite element code used in geotechnical engineering. The integration of elasto-plastic models for unsaturated soils poses additional challenges associated to the presence of suction as an extra constitutive variable with respect to traditional saturated soil models. In this contribution, a range of explicit stress integration schemes are derived with specific reference to the Barcelona Basic Model (BBM), which is one of the best known elasto-plastic constitutive models for unsaturated soils. These schemes, however, do not address possible non-convexity of the loading collapse (LC) curve and neglect yielding on the suction increase (SI) line. The paper describes eight Runge–Kutta methods of various orders with adaptive substepping as well as a novel integration scheme based on Richardson extrapolation. The algorithms presented also incorporate two alternative error control methods to ensure accuracy of the numerical integration. Extensive validation and comparison of different schemes are presented in a companion paper. Although the algorithms presented were coded for the Barcelona Basic Model, they can be easily adapted to other unsaturated elasto-plastic models formulated in terms of two independent stress variables such as net stress and suction.