Unified hardening (UH) model for clays and sands

YP Yao, L Liu, T Luo, Y Tian, JM Zhang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2019 - Elsevier
A unified model for clays and sands, referred to as CSUH model, is proposed. The CSUH
model develops the following aspects based on the unified hardening (UH) model:(a) a …

[HTML][HTML] Testing and modeling of rockfill materials: A review

Y Xiao, H Liu, W Zhang, H Liu, F Yin, Y Wang - Journal of Rock Mechanics …, 2016 - Elsevier
The research development of rockfill materials (RFM) was investigated by a series of large-
scale triaxial tests. It is observed that confining pressure and particle breakage play …

Time-dependent unified hardening model: three-dimensional elastoviscoplastic constitutive model for clays

YP Yao, LM Kong, AN Zhou, JH Yin - Journal of Engineering …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
A new three-dimensional (3D) elastoviscoplastic (EVP) constitutive model for both normally
consolidated and overconsolidated clays is presented. In developing the new model, first the …

Bounding surface model for rockfill materials dependent on density and pressure under triaxial stress conditions

Y Xiao, H Liu, Y Chen, J Jiang - Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
Density and pressure have great influences on the strength and stress-strain behaviors of
rockfill material. A series of triaxial compression tests were conducted for Tacheng rockfill …

Bounding surface plasticity model incorporating the state pressure index for rockfill materials

Y Xiao, H Liu, Y Chen, J Jiang - Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
The critical state line of Tacheng rockfill material (TRM) was described by a pressure-power
function. A simple bounding-surface plasticity model, combining the dilatancy stress ratio …

Unified modeling of the influence of consolidation conditions on monotonic soil response considering fabric evolution

ZX Yang, TT Xu, YN Chen - Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
This paper proposes an anisotropic plasticity model to address the effect of consolidation
conditions on the responses of soils within the framework of the anisotropic critical state …

Breakage critical state of gravels with different gradings. Part II: Constitutive modelling

Y Xiao, M Meng, C Wang, H Wu, Q Fang… - Transportation Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
A unified critical state surface for gravels considering the effect of initial grading and particle
breakage was proposed in Part I based on the test results of large-scale triaxial compression …

A bounding surface model for anisotropically overconsolidated clay incorporating thermodynamics admissible rotational hardening rule

Y Chen, Z Yang - … Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A bounding surface model is formulated to simulate the behavior of clays that are subject to
an anisotropic consolidation stress history. Conventional rotational hardening is revisited …

One-dimensional nonlinear rheological consolidation analysis of soft ground under continuous drainage boundary conditions

P Cui, W Cao, Z Xu, H Li, M Hu - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents an upgraded one-dimensional (1D) nonlinear rheological system of soft
ground consolidation. In the system, the boundaries are characterized by the time …

Unified hardening (UH) model for unsaturated expansive clays

Y Yao, Y Tian, W Cui, T Luo, S Li - Acta Geotechnica, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, by introducing a new yielding mechanism based on the widely acknowledged
double-structure theory, the original UH model for unsaturated soils is extended to capture …