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Title:	Creep and strength of frozen soil under triaxial compression
Authors:	Fish, Anatoly M.
Keywords:	Creep Failure Frozen soils Frozen ground Ice Model Strength Yield Soil testing Soil tests
Publisher:	Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.:	Special report (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 94-32.
Description:	Special Report Abstract: A combined creep and strength model has been developed for the entire (primary, secondary and tertiary) creep and the long-term strength of frozen soil under multiaxial stress at both constant stresses and constant strain rates by a single (unified) constitutive equation. Secondary creep is assumed to be an inflection point of a creep curve defining time to failure. Secondary creep rate is described by a new flow law, the stress function of which includes the first invariant of the stress tensor. The model consists of four principal elements: a constitutive equation, a viscous flow equation and a yield criterion, all united by a time-to-failure function. The yield criterion is selected either in the form of a parabolic (extended) von Mises-Drucker-Prager model or a parabolic (extended) Mohr-Coulomb rupture model. The criteria take into account that, at a certain magnitude of the mean normal stress (σmax), the shear strength of frozen soil reaches a maximum. The yield criteria are included in the time-to-failure function, the shape parameters of which are independent of the loading regime. The model has been verified using test data on creep and the long-term strength of frozen soil under triaxial compression at -10°C.
Rights:	Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/11681/12336
Appears in Collections:	Special Report