This paper is focused on the interpretation of experimental results obtained at the Department of Geotechnical Engineering of the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) to investigate the effects of partial saturation on the volumetric behaviour and the initial shear stiffness of a compacted silt. Tests were performed by using suction-controlled triaxial and resonant column cells. Herein, the compatibility of the results with a Single Stress Model (SSM) is discussed. The SSM allows to highlight that suction can have two effects on the mechanical behaviour of an unsaturated soil: it increases the average volumetric stress acting on the soil skeleton and it has a sort of cementing effect on the soil packing (hardening and cementation).

Interpretation of the behaviour of compacted soils using cam-clay extended to unsaturated conditions / Casini, F; Vassallo, R; Mancuso, C; Desideri, Augusto. - ELETTRONICO. - 113 part 1(2007), pp. 29-36. [10.1007/3-540-69876-0_4].

Interpretation of the behaviour of compacted soils using cam-clay extended to unsaturated conditions

DESIDERI, Augusto
2007

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This paper is focused on the interpretation of experimental results obtained at the Department of Geotechnical Engineering of the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) to investigate the effects of partial saturation on the volumetric behaviour and the initial shear stiffness of a compacted silt. Tests were performed by using suction-controlled triaxial and resonant column cells. Herein, the compatibility of the results with a Single Stress Model (SSM) is discussed. The SSM allows to highlight that suction can have two effects on the mechanical behaviour of an unsaturated soil: it increases the average volumetric stress acting on the soil skeleton and it has a sort of cementing effect on the soil packing (hardening and cementation).
2007
Theoretical and Numerical Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
978-3-540-69875-3
02 Pubblicazione su volume::02a Capitolo o Articolo
Interpretation of the behaviour of compacted soils using cam-clay extended to unsaturated conditions / Casini, F; Vassallo, R; Mancuso, C; Desideri, Augusto. - ELETTRONICO. - 113 part 1(2007), pp. 29-36. [10.1007/3-540-69876-0_4].
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