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The structure size effect with regard to the deformation behavior of high filled geotechnical structures is investigated. Theoretical analyses and numerical Monte Carlo simulations reveal that the relatively large variability of the mechanical properties, especially those related with plastic deformations, can be the main cause of this kind of size effect. Although variability of material properties implies both degradation and upgradation of the material parameters by certain probability, computations show that the parameter degradation dominates the final results and gives rise to the structure size effect.
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This research is finically supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2014CB047003).
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Song, E., Zheng, T., Kong, Y. (2018). Tentative Investigation of Structure Size Effect of High-Filled Geotechnical Structures. In: Wu, W., Yu, HS. (eds) Proceedings of China-Europe Conference on Geotechnical Engineering. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97115-5_179
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