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Application of granular solid hydrodynamics to a well-graded unbound granular material undergoing triaxial tests

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Unbound granular materials (UGMs) are widely used as a base or a subbase in pavement construction. They are generally well graded and exhibit a higher peak strength than that of conventional cohesionless granular materials. By using a simplified version of granular solid hydrodynamics (GSH), a set of GSH material constants is determined for a UGM material. The deviatoric stress and volumetric strain caused by triaxial compression are calculated and then compared with experimental data. The results indicate that the GSH theory is able to describe such a special type of granular materials.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Shixiong Song, Qicheng Sun, Feng Jin & Chuhan Zhang

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Song, S., Sun, Q., Jin, F. et al. Application of granular solid hydrodynamics to a well-graded unbound granular material undergoing triaxial tests. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 7, 83–88 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-012-0148-8

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