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Calibration and validation of a sand model considering the effects of wave-induced principal stress axes rotation

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Principal stress axes rotation influences the stress-strain behavior of sand under wave loading. A constitutive model for sand, which considers principal stress orientation and is based on generalized plasticity theory, is proposed. The new model, which employs stress invariants and a discrete memory factor during reloading, is original because it quantifies model parameters using experimental data. Four sets of hollow torsion experiments were conducted to calibrate the parameters and predict the capability of the proposed model, which describes the effects of principal stress orientation on the behavior of sand. The results prove the effectiveness of the proposed calibration method.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Peng Liu & Zhongtao Wang

  2. General Research Institute of China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Beijing, 100010, China

    Xinzhong Li

  3. Faculty of Science and Technology, Federation University Australia, Victoria, 3350, Australia

    Andrew Chan

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Foundation item: The Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education under contract No. 20120041130002; the National Key Project of Science and Technology under contract No. 2011ZX05056-001-02; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under contract No. DUT14ZD220.

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Liu, P., Wang, Z., Li, X. et al. Calibration and validation of a sand model considering the effects of wave-induced principal stress axes rotation. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 34, 105–115 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-015-0655-2

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