Research on Fuzzy Plastic Constitutive Model Based on Membership Function

Abstract

Soil has no obvious yield point, and the classical elastoplastic theory contradicts the uncertainty of the plastic yield point of the soil. Therefore, a fuzzy plastic Cambridge model based on the membership function was designed by combining the fuzzy mathematics with the Cambridge model. This model made the plastic membership function to correspond with the fuzzy yield function. The plastic strain at any stress state was calculated using the fuzzy Cambridge model and was compared with the indoor triaxial test results, and they were in good agreement. Therefore, it is appropriate to use fuzzy mathematics to express the unobvious soil yield property. The characteristics of soil yield in any stress state is reflected by the fuzzy plastic theory, which indicates that there is entirely no elasticity at any stress state. Moreover, the varying degrees of plasticity and the degree of plastic yield were uniquely determined by the plastic membership function. The fuzzy plastic model used the membership function change to replace the complex hardening. Additionally, the cyclic loading path was clear and appropriate for the cyclic loading and unloading calculations.