Influence of Grain Size Distribution on Critical State of Granular Materials

  • Gang Li
  • Carlos Ovalle
  • Christophe Dano
  • Pierre-Yves Hicher
Part of the Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering book series (SSGG)

Summary

This paper aims to investigate the influence of grain size distribution (GSD) on the critical state of Hostun sand. Drained triaxial tests were conducted on saturated specimens with different GSD (Cu=1.4, 5, 10, 20) under different confining pressures (100, 200, 400 kPa). The experimental results highlight that the critical state of the tested sand predominantly depends on its GSD.

Keywords

grain size distribution critical state triaxial tests 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Gang Li
    • 1
  • Carlos Ovalle
    • 1
  • Christophe Dano
    • 1
  • Pierre-Yves Hicher
    • 1
  1. 1.Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical EngineeringEcole Centrale de Nantes, UMR CNRS 6183NantesFrance

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