https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714002022
Active earth pressure model tests versus finite element analysis
Koszalin University of Technology, Department of Civil, Geodetic and Environmental Science, 74-453 Koszalin, Poland
* Corresponding author: magdalena.pietrzak@tu.koszalin.pl
Published online: 30 June 2017
The purpose of the paper is to compare failure mechanisms observed in small scale model tests on granular sample in active state, and simulated by finite element method (FEM) using Plaxis 2D software. Small scale model tests were performed on rectangular granular sample retained by a rigid wall. Deformation of the sample resulted from simple wall translation in the direction ‘from the soil” (active earth pressure state. Simple Coulomb-Mohr model for soil can be helpful in interpreting experimental findings in case of granular materials. It was found that the general alignment of strain localization pattern (failure mechanism) may belong to macro scale features and be dominated by a test boundary conditions rather than the nature of the granular sample.
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