Soil modelling: South East Asia: October-November 2010

7. Cam clay: compliance relationships

David Muir Wood
d.muirwood@dundee.ac.uk
 p' M2
2
p'o M 2
pp M 2 2
yield flow
locus rule q
p
2
p', q p'o pp qp
hardening
rule
p'o
pp
v p 'o
p, q
p', q pe, qe
elastic
properties
Cam clay calculation process

ep vp' 0 p'

eq


0 1 q

3G
Cam clay: convert graphics into equations
qp

=M
q
pp
p

=0
p' p'o
N N

iso ncl

iso ncl
slope
v v

=0

url

url slope
=0
=M =M
p'=1
p' ln p'
p. 2/
 =M
q

yl A

p' p'oA

elliptical yield locus

q2 p M2
2
p (p o p )=0 or = 2
M po
M + 2

soil parameter M current size (history) po

p. 3/
 =M
q

yl B
yl A

p' p'oA p'oB

q2
2
p (p o p )=0
M

incremental form: p , q po

2q q
p
po = (2p
po ) + 2
p M p
p. 4/
q

B
A

volumetric hardening law

p' p'oA p'oB
p
o
pp =
iso-ncl v po
v

 
url A 2 2 p q
= 2 2
(M ) + 2
v(M + ) p p

url B

p'

p. 5/
 qp

p
q pp
M

p'o p'

mechanism of plastic deformation: flow rule

assume normality of plastic strain increments to yield locus
at current stress
pp M 2 2
p =
q 2

p. 6/
decomposition of strain increment into elastic and plastic
components = e + p
elastic compliance
! ! !

ep vp 0 p
=
eq 0 3G1 q

plastic compliance
! ! !
p
p M 2 2 2 p
p = 2 4 2
q vp (M + 2 ) 2 M 2 2 q

normality (flow rule) symmetric plastic compliance

relationship

p. 7/
 Cam clay undrained compression
p' p'o
p 0
vp' vp'o
p' 2

p'
M
2 2


p' M i2
2


p'i M
2 2

> M, p' > 0 < M, p' < 0

undrained stress path cannot be the same as the yield locus
balance of elastic expansion/plastic compression: < M
balance of elastic compression/plastic expansion: > M
 Cam clay undrained compression

p' p'o
p 0
vp' vp'o

initial stress A inside current yield locus

elastic response: p'o = 0
hence: p' = 0: constant p'
until yield at B
(isotropic elastic model)
 Cam clay undrained compression

reminder: pore pressure has external and internal components

u = p p' = p + aq (pore pressure parameter a)
2
a

M 2 2 2 2

a is not a soil constant depends on history