Numerical modelling of plane strain tests on sands using a particulate approach

Author:

Powrie W.1,Ni Q.2,Harkness R. M.1,Zhang X.3

Affiliation:

1. School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton UK

2. University of Reading UK (formerly School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton

3. VIPS Ltd, and School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton

Abstract

This paper describes the results of a series of numerical plane strain test simulations on a particulate material, carried out using the three-dimensional particle flow code PFC-3D. Samples comprised about 10 000 non-spherical particles, each formed by strongly bonding two spheres together. The simulations demonstrate the ability of such a model to capture the essential macro-features of soil behaviour as observed in laboratory tests, including the dependence of peak strengths on the initial void ratio relative to the critical. The development of strain localisations or shear bands associated with the use of rough loading platens, and the sensitivity of the model to the initial sample porosity, particle shape factor and interparticle friction angle, were also investigated.

Publisher

Thomas Telford Ltd.

Subject

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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