等幅剪应变下砂土循环单剪行为的离散元模拟

循环动载下土体变形呈现的复杂各向异性,本质上依赖于土体微观组构特征的演化。为了揭示非比例循环动载下土体变形的微观机制,采用离散元方法模拟砂土的循环单剪行为。应用等幅剪应变的往复加载实现循环单剪应力路径,模拟得到了砂土的循环弱化、剪胀性、非共轴性及微观组构的演化规律。微观模拟表明,在循环剪切过程,土体表现为循环弱化行为,并最终趋于塑性安定状态。而试样组构主方向倾角和组构各向异性系数也会不断增大直至一个稳定值,同时主应变率、主应力轴和组构主方向旋转角度会存在一定的差异,即非共轴现象,随着单调剪切的进行,三者会逐渐趋于一致。土体的剪胀行为表现为循环压密性,而非共轴性呈现逐渐增强的演化规律。循环剪切过程中微观组构的主方向与应力主方向逐渐趋于一致,而微观组构各向异性呈现减弱的演化趋势。     

宏-细观结合的砂土单剪试验非共轴特性分析

针对传统本构理论无法描述土体单剪试验非共轴变形的不足,采用非共轴修正模型进行改进。模型基于材料状态相关临界状态理论,采用宏-细观结合的方法,将1个新的各向异性状态变量引入本构模型来描述砂土的各向异性。考虑细观组构张量和应力张量的几何关系的变化,模型可以描述砂土在主应力轴旋转条件下材料状态的变化,材料状态变化直接导致模型的硬化规律和剪胀性发生变化,因此,模型可以描述该条件下原生向异性对砂土变形的影响。引入非共轴理论对本构模型进行修正,建立了三维非共轴各向异性模型。单剪试验的加载条件会造成主应力轴相对土体沉积面发生旋转,修正模型不但能够描述砂土在主应力轴旋转条件下其原生各向异性对变形的影响,而且可以描述主应力轴旋转造成的应力诱发各向异性对土体变形的影响,因此,该模型能够对整个单剪试验的变形规律进行描述,而且物理意义清晰。通过铝棒堆积体和Toyoura砂单剪试验验证表明,非共轴修正各向异性模型能对单剪试验的整个变形过程进行较好的模拟。     

主应力轴变化下非共轴对砂土剪胀特性影响

传统塑性剪胀模型在描述应力比和塑性应变增量关系时都是基于共轴塑性流动法则,从而认为土体的剪胀性仅与应力比有关。大量试验结果表明,在涉及主应力轴变化的复杂应力条件下塑性流动过程中应力-应变是非共轴的,因而在分析砂土剪胀特性时非共轴是不可忽视的因素。为了研究主应力轴变化的复杂应力条件下非共轴对砂土剪胀特性的影响,利用空心圆柱仪对饱和砂土进行了一系列定轴剪切试验、纯主应力轴旋转试验以及组合加载试验。试验结果表明,不同应力路径下应力-应变非共轴都会引起剪胀曲线偏离Rowe直线,通过Gutiereez提出的考虑非共轴因子的修正剪胀方程可以修正非共轴引起的偏差,从而使得Rowe剪胀方程适用于涉及主应力轴旋转等更加复杂的加载条件。     

从各向异性的角度解释和模拟土的非共轴特性

从发挥面的角度出发,分析论证各向异性是引起岩土材料出现非共轴现象的根本原因,得到与材料力学一致的结论。当共轭的两发挥面与沉积面的夹角不相等时,主应力面上将出现塑性应变增量的切向分量,所以塑性应变增量的主方向与应力的主方向非共轴。按照这一结论,对非共轴的数值模拟,也应当根据各向异性本构模型进行。为考虑各向异性影响新近提出的各向异性变换应力法,改变了各应力分量的相对大小,得到的各向异性变换应力张量与真实应力张量的主方向不一致,因此也能反映非共轴。利用各向异性变换应力法,能够在现有的弹塑性本构模型的框架下,描述土的非共轴现象。以各向异性UH模型为例,预测各种加载条件下的非共轴变形,验证了该方法的有效性。     

基于微观力学机制的各向异性结构性砂土的本构模型研究

在岩土破损力学基础上,基于微观破损机制,提出了考虑各向异性的结构性砂土本构理论。采用Lade-Duncan强度准则考虑中主应力对抗剪强度的影响;采用考虑颗粒排列组构的各向异性状态变量A反映各向异性对土体强度和变形的影响;通过相似扩大重塑土的屈服面反映结构性对土性的影响;通过引入非相关联流动法则考虑各向异性和结构性对土体塑性变形的影响。同时,将基于微观力学机制的损伤演化规律引入结构性土的硬化规律;该硬化规律同时考虑了塑性体积应变和剪切应变对各向异性结构性土强度的影响。然后将该模型用于模拟室内三轴压缩试验,初步验证了该模型的合理性和适用性。     

一种适用于各向异性土体的破坏准则

自然界的土体通常具有各向异性的特点,而传统的破坏准则大多只适用于各向同性的土体。结合应力张量和反映材料各向异性状态的组构张量,定义了修正偏应力及其不变量,提出了适用于各向异性土体材料的破坏准则。给出了共轴条件下正交各向异性和横向各向异性材料在一般应力空间的破坏曲线以及不同应力区中主应力系数b与摩擦角的关系曲线,并分析了它们的特性以及与各向同性材料相应曲线的区别。通过与真三轴试验数据的比较,表明该准则能很好地描述各向异性土体材料的强度特点。     

基于应变响应包络的颗粒材料增量力学行为研究

砂土的力学响应具有显著的增量非线性特征，这与离散颗粒的微观结构，即组构特性密不可分。采用应变响应包络可以较好地获得材料在不同加载方向上的增量力学响应。在物理试验中无法同时获得同一试样在不同加载方向下的宏、微观响应，故采用离散元方法，对具有不同应力历史、不同应力状态和不同级配的试样在Rendulic平面上的增量力学响应进行了系统研究和分析。离散元模拟结果表明，传统的塑性理论不能很好地描述具有复杂应力历史试样的增量力学响应，而基于颗粒间接触法向的组构增量与剪应变之间在多种不同的工况条件下均具有较强的线性相关性。当砂土的相对密实度相同时，该线性系数主要与围压的大小有关，对颗粒级配、应力历史以及应力比的变化均不敏感。由于组构的大小可以较好地量化砂土的内结构各向异性程度，进而表征应力历史的作用。上述模拟结果为在本构建模中引入组构演化机制，综合反映外荷载和内结构各向异性对砂土增量本构关系的影响提供了较好的微观物理依据。     

杭州软黏土非共轴特性的试验研究

利用空心圆柱扭剪仪对杭州软黏土进行了一系列不排水试验,包括对原状软黏土在不同主应力方向上的定向剪切试验和主应力轴旋转试验以及对重塑软黏土的主应力轴旋转试验,主要研究不同应力路径下软黏土非共轴角的发展特性以及中主应力系数b、初始剪应力水平和次生各向异性对其非共轴特性的影响。试验结果表明,软黏土的非共轴特性虽与砂土存在相似之处,但又不尽相同。原状软黏土在定向剪切条件下的非共轴角均较小,并且与加载方向有关,然而受剪应变发展的影响,试样接近破坏时的非共轴角并不为0°;主应力轴旋转条件下,无论原状还是重塑黏土其非共轴角均随主应力方向角? 增加而循环波动变化,且周期约为90°;非共轴角基本随中主应力系数b的增加而减小,但这种影响并不十分显著;剪应力水平对非共轴角的大小和发展趋势均存在一定的影响。对于重塑土的试验表明,软黏土的非共轴特性并不完全由土体的初始各向异性所决定,次生各向异性的影响也很大。     

循环荷载作用下饱和软土的各向异性边界面模型

在临界状态弹塑性力学的框架内,建立了可以考虑循环荷载作用下各向异性对饱和软土力学特性影响的边界面塑性模型。该模型采用非关联的流动法则,引入了反映土体各向异性的内变量,利用该内变量的初始值描述初始各向异性,采用一种理论更为严谨、模型参数确定更为恰当的旋转硬化法则描述循环加载过程中各向异性的演化,利用更新映射中心的径向映射法则和与塑性偏应变路径长度有关的塑性模量插值规律,保证模型能够模拟循环加载时应力-应变响应的非线性、滞回性、应变累积性等基本特性,解释了模型参数的物理意义和确定方法,特别是给出了一种合理确定描述土体初始各向异性状态变量方法。通过文献中等压固结和偏压固结饱和黏土的循环三轴试验结果与模型预测结果的对比验证了模型的合理性。     

平面应变状态下土体的软化特性与本构模拟

在平面应变状态下,由于土体在应力峰值状态出现了应变局部化现象,从而变形模式失去了原有的均匀性而呈现软化特性。为此,采用常规的弹塑性本构模型模拟土体峰值前的均匀变形,对应力峰值状态则采用非共轴的分叉理论进行预测,而土样在峰值后出现不均匀变形的宏观力学特性则通过复合体理论加以描述。理论预测表明,构建这样的软化本构模型能真实反映平面应变状态下的应力-应变特性。理论分析还表明,经典的变形分叉理论中引入非共轴弹塑性模型,才能准确地预测土体的应力峰值,这是构建平面应变状态下土体软化本构模型的关键所在。     

A micromechanics-based model for estimating localized failure with effects of fabric anisotropy

This paper presents a micromechanics-based approach to investigate the effects of fabric anisotropy on the behavior of localized failure in granular materials. Based on a micromechanical analysis, the origin of deviatoric stress is decomposed into two components: contact force anisotropy and fabric anisotropy. Using a micro–macro approach, the back stress is interpreted as an contribution to the change of the fabric’s principal direction. The evolution of the back stress is deduced from the stress–fabric relationship and determined with reference to the deviation of the principal directions between the rate of the reduced stress tensor and the actual reduced stress tensor. With this micro–macro framework, a mixed (isotropic–kinematic) hardening model is developed based on the classical isotropic hardening theory. A laboratory simple shear test is first analyzed to validate the proposed model and illustrate the kinematic-hardening mechanism which is usually displayed under non-proportional loading. The analysis further focuses on the anisotropic aspect of localized failure. It has been discovered that the fabric anisotropy can play an important role in the occurrence of shear banding. An increasing degree of fabric anisotropy tends to delay the initiation of the strain localization and result in higher failure strength. The effects of fabric anisotropy have also been illustrated by comparing the theoretical predictions and measured results on the shear band inclination angle, shear strain level and dilatancy at bifurcation.     

Elastic shear stiffness anisotropy and fabric anisotropy of natural clays

Natural clays usually show anisotropic stiffness due to their deposition process and anisotropic in situ stress state. The stiffness anisotropy depends on both of the stress anisotropy and fabric anisotropy, while the latter can be quantified by the stiffness anisotropy at isotropic stress states. This paper measures the K₀ value (i.e., stress anisotropy) and elastic shear stiffness anisotropy of natural Shanghai clay in a triaxial apparatus with horizontal and vertical bender elements. The results show that the K₀ value of Shanghai clay lies in the range of 0.40–0.66, and an empirical equation is proposed to estimate the K₀ value based on the plasticity index and initial void ratio. The fabric anisotropy of natural Shanghai clay lies in the range of 1.2–1.4 with a stronger fabric in the horizontal plane. Moreover, the experimental data of the stiffness anisotropy and fabric anisotropy of different clays in the literature are reviewed and analyzed. It reveals that the stiffness anisotropy generally increases, while the fabric anisotropy remains nearly the same during K₀ consolidation. For normally consolidated clay, the fabric anisotropy generally lies in the range of 1.1–1.7. For overconsolidated clays, the fabric anisotropy generally increases as the overconsolidation ratio increases. Empirical equations are proposed to approximately estimate the fabric anisotropy of clays based on its stress normalized elastic shear stiffness.

     

宏细观结合考虑主应力轴旋转的砂土破坏特性

采用宏细观结合各向异性破坏准则对主应力轴旋转条件下砂土的破坏特性进行分析。该准则是加载应力、组构各向异性程度和应力与组构几何关系3个因素的函数,可描述细观特性对任意应力旋转角度条件下破坏特性的影响。根据空心圆柱扭剪试验的特点推导一般正交坐标系下主应力轴旋转条件下的破坏关系式,考虑应力与砂土细观组构的几何关系,推导的关系式即可分析该条件下破坏特性。材料为各向异性时,主应力轴旋转造成破坏特性发生变化,细观各向异性程度越小变化越小;材料为各向同性时,则不会造成砂土破坏特性的变化。该式表明主应力轴旋转条件下不同破坏特性存在的根本原因是砂土各向异性的存在。采用空心圆柱试验结果进行验证,结果表明建立的关系式能较好描述不同应力加载角度条件下砂土的破坏特性。初步验证了由于砂土各向异性的存在使得主应力轴旋转造成了不同的破坏规律。     

An anisotropically elastoplastic solution to excavation responses of a circular opening considering three-dimensional strength

Circular opening is commonly encountered in wellbore drilling of petroleum engineering, boring for cast-in situ pile installation, and tunneling excavation. This paper presents a rigorous solution for the elastoplastic responses of the anisotropic soft soil mass around a circular opening excavated under undrained and drained conditions. Both the anisotropic elastoplastic behavior and the 3D strength of the soft clay are incorporated in the present solutions. The well-established anisotropic critical state elastoplastic model S-CLAY1, which can represent the initial fabric anisotropy and stress-induced anisotropy of soft soil, is further modified by the Spatially Mobilized Plane criterion to consider the 3D strength of geomaterials. Then, the investigated problems, excavation of a circular opening under both short-term (undrained) and long-term (drained) conditions, are formulated as a system of first-order differential equations and are solved as initial value problems. The distributions of stress components and anisotropy parameters around the opening, the stress trajectory of a soil particle at the opening wall, as well as the stress–displacement curve at the opening wall are presented to investigate the elastoplastic responses of the opening. Extensive parameters show that the overconsolidated ratio and coefficient of earth pressure at rest (K₀) have remarkable effects on the elastoplastic responses around a circular opening.

     

多因素作用下天然土体渐进破损强度解析

天然沉积土体一般都具有结构性和初始各向异性。在复杂的应力路径的作用下,天然结构性土体的强度与变形一般与重塑土不同。由于结构性、初始各向异性和复杂的应力路径的共同影响,往往使极限状态设计如何确定天然土体渐进破损的强度及参数变得复杂而困难。给出了关于各向异性的天然结构性土体渐进破损的归一化不排水抗剪强度的解析表达式,并研究了天然结构性土体渐进破损的归一化不排水抗剪强度与各向异性和应力路径等因素的相关性。     

西宁地区原状黄土强度各向异性试验研究

为了研究西宁地区原状黄土的各向异性特性,采用应力-应变控制式三轴仪对不同深度、与沉积方向呈不同角度土样进行室内固结不排水剪切试验,分析不同深度处偏差应力与取样角度之间的关系以及在不同应变下各向异性体现程度的规律。结果表明:黄土的应力-应变曲线在最优含水率附近呈应变硬化型,其破坏形式以胀鼓型为主;原状黄土的应力-应变曲线在不同方向上呈现很明显的不同,土样的轴向应变值相等时,偏差应力在竖直方向最大,在与竖直面呈45°或90°方向时最小;原状黄土的各向异性在不同应变下的体现程度与其所承受的应力历史有关,当其所承受的先期固结压力较小时,黄土的各向异性程度随应变的增加而降低,反之,则各向异性的程度随应变的增加而升高。     

均布矩形荷载作用下土体各向异性对附加应力分布的影响

简要地介绍了均布矩形荷载作用下考虑土体各向异性的附加应力计算公式,编制了相关程序计算了各种不同情况下的附加应力系数,并与各向同性情况下的附加应力系数进行了对比。在此基础上,详细地分析了均布矩形荷载作用下土体的各向异性对附加应力分布的影响。     

Anisotropic UH model for soils based on a simple transformed stress method

A simple method called anisotropic transformed stress (ATS) method is proposed to develop failure criteria and constitutive models for anisotropic soils. In this method, stress components in different directions are modified differently in order to reflect the effect of anisotropy. It includes two steps of mapping of stress. First, a modified stress tensor is introduced, which is a symmetric multiplication of stress tensor and fabric tensor. In the modified stress space, anisotropic soils can be treated to be isotropic. Second, a TS tensor is derived from the modified stress tensor for the convenience of developing anisotropic constitutive models to account for the effect of intermediate principal stress. By replacing the ordinary stress tensor with the TS tensor directly, the unified hardening model is extended to model the anisotropic deformation of soils. Anisotropic Lade's criterion is adopted for shear yield and shear failure in the model. The form of the original model formulations remains unchanged, and the model parameters are independent of the loading direction. Good agreement between the experimental results and predictions of the anisotropic unified hardening model is observed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

复杂应力条件下土体各向异性及其建模思路

由于加荷方式不同,土体在复杂应力状态下在各主应力方向上应力-应变关系表现出显著应力各向异性,在常规三轴试验基础上,采用经典弹塑性理论各向同性土体模型对此不能合理描述。通过真三轴试验,总结应力各向异性柔度矩阵规律,结合试验规律进行相应理论研究,用非线性各向异性弹性矩阵代替弹塑性模型的弹性矩阵,用具有各向异性屈服准则的弹塑性模型描述塑性部分,建立非线性各向异性弹性-塑性模型,可以改善柔度矩阵矩阵形态,反映复杂应力状态下土体应力各向异性特征。