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Comparison of two creep degradation modeling approaches for soft structured soils

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The creep degradation is a common phenomenon for soft structured clays. In this paper, the creep degradation behavior for soft structured clays is first studied by combining intrinsic creep behavior and the structure indicator. A creep-implicit model and a creep-explicit model corresponding to a stress-based and a creep-based structure indicators are developed, respectively, under one-dimensional condition. Parameters determination for both models is straightforward from oedometer tests. Coupled with consolidation theory, both models are used to simulate oedometer tests with different structural levels and load durations on three clays. The predictive ability of the two models on creep behavior, creep degradation behavior and evolution of structure indicator is analyzed. The relationship between the two structure indicators is discussed based on experimental results. The comparison between experimental and numerical results demonstrates that both models can accurately describe the creep degradation behavior of soft structured clay under one-dimensional loading.

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We acknowledge with gratitude the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41372285, 51579179, 41502271), the Region Pays de la Loire of France (project RI-ADAPTCLIM) and State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (SKLGDUEK1714).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Zhen-Yu Yin & Dong-Mei Zhang

  2. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Zhen-Yu Yin & Qi-Yin Zhu

  3. Ecole Centrale de Nantes, GeM UMR CNRS 6183, LUNAM University, Nantes, France

    Zhen-Yu Yin

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Yin, ZY., Zhu, QY. & Zhang, DM. Comparison of two creep degradation modeling approaches for soft structured soils. Acta Geotech. 12, 1395–1413 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-017-0556-y

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