Modeling interaction between loading-induced and creep strains of rockfill materials using a hardening elastoplastic constitutive model

Author:

Fu Zhongzhi1,Chen Shengshui2,Zhong Qiming1,Zhang Yijiang1

Affiliation:

1. Geotechnical Engineering Department, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, 34 Hujuguan Rd., Nanjing 210029, China.

2. Geotechnical Engineering Department, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, 34 Hujuguan Rd., Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Failure Mechanism and Safety Control Techniques of Earth-Rock Dams, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

An elastoplastic constitutive model that takes into account the stress–strain relationship and creep-induced hardening behavior of rockfill materials is proposed in light of previous experimental observations. It is assumed that the mechanical response during loading and the final amounts of creep strains under a constant stress state are independent of the strain rate. The focus of the proposed model is the coupling effect between loading and creep, including the influence of loading history on subsequent creep strains and the influence of creep history on subsequent loading behavior. An extended yield function, which allows flexible control over the shape of yield surfaces, is used not only to distinguish among loading, unloading, and neutral loading, but also to manipulate the creep-induced hardening using a plastic strains–based hardening parameter. A stress-dependent dilatancy equation is used, instead of a plastic potential function, to define the directions of plastic strains during loading. The hardening law is established based on three different types of experimental results. Only routine experiments are required for calibration of model parameters, and the model can be used in a reduced form according to the available test results. The model is verified using typical experimental data and is found to be capable of capturing important behavior of rockfill materials, such as pressure-dependent strength, shear contraction and dilation, and creep-induced stiffening.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Civil and Structural Engineering,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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