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Experimental quantification of 3D deformations in sensitive clay during stress-probing

Birmpilis, Georgios
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Ando, Edward  
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Stamati, Olga
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March 23, 2022
Geotechnique

Unique four-dimensional (4D) deformation data are collected during drained triaxial tests on intact specimens of a natural sensitive clay. This requires the development of a miniature triaxial cell for advanced stress path testing, specifically designed for X-ray computed tomography. Salient features include the omission of a membrane, and a mounting procedure that minimises disturbance by the experimenter. Three distinct drained stress ratios are studied for pseudo-isotropic, K-0, and highly deviatoric loading paths. The results indicate that the K-0 path shows the most uniform deformation mechanism, where the measured ratio of deviatoric and volumetric strain increments reach the stress ratio applied at boundary value level for large magnitudes of total strain. The pseudo-isotropic test also reaches a strain ratio close to eta at large total strain levels; however, the deformation field is less uniform. Furthermore, the highly deviatoric stress path shows the most heterogeneous deformation fields commensurate with the applied stress ratio, although the ratio of deviatoric and volumetric strain increments falls above the eta applied. The mean value of the three-dimensional spatial fields of strain corresponds well with the changes observed at boundary level, supporting prior research on drained stress-probing on clays for which there are no 4D deformation data available.

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research article
DOI
10.1680/jgeot.21.00114
Web of Science ID

WOS:000772854700001

Author(s)
Birmpilis, Georgios
Ando, Edward  
Stamati, Olga
Hall, Stephen A.
Gerolymatou, Eleni
Dijkstra, Jelke
Date Issued

2022-03-23

Publisher

ICE PUBLISHING

Published in
Geotechnique
Subjects

Engineering, Geological

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Engineering

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clays

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micro-ct tomography

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strain

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stress path testing

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triaxial tests

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void ratio

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anisotropy

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evolution

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behavior

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April 11, 2022
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