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Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas vol.85 no.204 Medellín Jan./Mar. 2018

https://doi.org/10.15446/dyna.v85n204.59676 

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Evaluation of coupled porewater pressure and stress-strain constitutive model in granular soils

Evaluación de modelos constitutivos esfuerzo-deformación acoplados con presión de poros en suelos granulares

Oscar Moreno-Torresa 

Gustavo Chang-Nietob 

Andrés Salas-Montoyac 

a Civil Engineering Department, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia and Civil Engineering Department, Universidad de la Guajira, Riohacha, Colombia. oshemoreno@yahoo.com

b Civil Engineering Department, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia. gchang@engineer.com

c Civil Engineering Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia, asalasmo@unal.edu.co


Abstract

The evaluation of performance of three coupled pressure (PWP) generation models and stress-strain constitutive models are applied to granular soils. Those constitutive models are used to recommend them for subsequent application in seismic site-response analysis in effective stresses. The performance of the three-coupled models were evaluated using a database of 25 selected high quality cyclic simple shear tests. The conducted analysis suggested that the simple Coupled GMP and stress-strain constitutive model reasonably capture PWP behavior observed in the laboratory tests, they are analyzed better than using advanced constitutive models, and all of them can be used to perform effective stress-based one-dimensional site-response analysis.

Keywords: constitutive models; granular materials; laboratory tests; seismic site-response analysis

Resumen

En el presente artículo se evaluó el desempeño de tres modelos constitutivos esfuerzo-deformación acoplados con presión de poros a suelos granulares con el objetivo de recomendar su posterior aplicación en el análisis sísmico de respuesta de sitio. El desempeño de los tres modelos acoplados se evaluó utilizando una base de datos de 25 ensayos de corte simple cíclico de alta calidad. Los análisis realizados sugieren que el modelo acoplado de esfuerzo-deformación y GMP captura razonablemente el comportamiento de presión de poros observado en los ensayos de laboratorio de una mejor manera que los modelos constitutivos más avanzados y todos ellos se pueden utilizar para realizar análisis unidimensional de respuesta de sitio considerando esfuerzos efectivos.

Palabras clave: análisis sísmico de respuesta de sitio; ensayos de laboratorio; materiales granulares; modelos constitutivos

1. Introduction

Seismic site-response analysis is routinely used to quantify the influence of surficial soil layers on ground motion propagation. Typically, one-dimensional (1D) frequency-domain (i.e., equivalent linear) or time-domain (i.e., nonlinear) analyses are performed in a total stress framework. However, downhole array and surface acceleration records available at sites that experienced level-ground cyclic liquefaction-for example, 1964 Niigata (Kawagishi-cho apartment buildings; Ishihara and Koga, 1981); 1987 Superstition Hills (Wildlife site [1])-illustrate that porewater pressure (PWP) generation and concurrent strain-softening can significantly alter the acceleration time histories and response spectra [2]. When these sites are analyzed using a total-stress, equivalent-linear constitutive formulation, poor agreement generally is observed between predicted and field measured response [3-6].

In order to improve the predicted seismic site-response, researchers have proposed PWP generation models (e.g., Vucetic [4], Matasovic [5], Seed et al. [7], Martin et al. [8], Dobry et al. [9,10], Green et al. [11], Green [12], Polito et al. [13], Ivsic [14]) and effective stress-based soil constitutive models (e.g., Wang et al. [15], Elgamal et al. [16], Park and Byrne [17], Jefferies and Been [18], Boulanger and Ziotopoulou [19]) that can be used for seismic site-response analysis. For example, Booker et al. [20] first proposed an effective stress-based model (named GADFLEA) to study the generation and dissipation of PWP.

In this context, the objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of three coupled PWP and stress-strain constitutive models, used in granular soils, and further recommend them for subsequent application in site-response analysis in effective stresses. For this evaluation, the authors collected 12 bins cyclic simple shear tests (25 individual tests) [21] available in the referred literature. To facilitate comparisons, the laboratory tests were binned based on similar soil response. The PWP coupled stress-strain constitutive models were then evaluated using the laboratory test data, and statistics (i.e., residuals) were used to identify the most effective model.

The three PWP coupled stress-strain constitutive models evaluated corresponded to the:

  • Green et al. [11]/Green [12]/Polito et al. [13] model, termed the GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain model,

  • Elgamal model [16], and

  • PM4SAND model [19].

2. Methodology

In this paper, the authors collected 12 bins cyclic simple shear tests (25 individual tests) [21] available in the referred literature. Those tests were reproduced using three PWP coupled stress-strain constitutive models and the framework of the models used in here is presented next. The results of the numerical simulation were compared with the data obtained in the Laboratory tests. The comparisons with the laboratory tests were evaluated using statistics (i.e., residuals) to identify the most effective model.

2.1. Coupled porewater pressure (PWP) and stress-strain constitutive models

In response to undrained cyclic loading, saturated soils generate excess PWP, which can be separated into transient and residual components. The transient excess PWP results from changes in the mean normal stress during cyclic loading [22,23] and thus do not affect the soil effective stress. The residual excess PWP develops from the tendency for volume decrease during undrained cyclic loading, and therefore result in a decrease in effective stress and stiffness. This residual excess PWP can be defined as the PWP in excess of hydrostatic conditions when the cyclic stress is zero [9,11]. Most PWP generation models were developed to represent residual excess PWP and they can be incorporated in 1D site-response analysis studies to account for changes in effective stress and stiffness related to PWP generation. A brief description of coupled PWP and stress-strain constitutive models is subsequently presented.

2.1.1. GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain model

Building on the work by Hardin and Drnevich [24], Matasovic [9] proposed two degradation indices that introduce excess PWP-induced material softening into a simplified hyperbolic constitutive model. The modulus degradation index (δG) and stress degradation index (δτ) reduce the shear stress mobilized during the loading-unloading process as a result of PWP increase [9], and are defined as:

where ru = excess PWP/σ'vo or Δu/σ'vo; and ϑ = dimensionless exponent generally equal to 3.5 [9] based on matching the stress-strain hysteresis loops over a wide range of ru-values for Santa Monica Beach sand, Wildlife Site sands A and B, Heber Road point bar (PB) and channel fill (CF) sands. The advantage of the degradation indices is that they can use ru values defined by any PWP generation model.

The modified hyperbolic model presented by Phillips and Hashash [25] was further modified to incorporate the degradation indices previously defined. Moreno-Torres et al. [26] proposed the following equations to compute shear stresses (τ) during loading and unloading-reloading, respectively, corresponding to a given strain.

Loading:

Unloading - Reloading:

where γc = given shear strain; γrev = reversal shear strain; τrev = reversal shear stress; γm = maximum shear strain; γr = reference shear strain; t = dimensionless exponent; β' = dimensionless factor; δG = modulus degradation index; δτ = stress degradation index; F(γm) = reduction factor; and G0 = initial shear modulus.

Based on the energy-based models proposed by Green et al. [11], Green [12], Polito et al. [13], Davis and Berrill [27], [28] and Berrill and Davis [29], proposed the following empirical expression, termed the GMP model:

where Ws = energy dissipated per unit volume of soil divided by the initial mean consolidation stress (i.e., normalized unit energy), and PEC = a calibration parameter termed the pseudoenergy capacity. The GMP model was developed using results from stress-controlled, undrained cyTxC tests performed on nonplastic silt-sand mixtures that ranged from clean sands to pure silts. For each test, Ws can be computed as:

where n = number of load increments imposed during cyclic loading on the stress-strain curve until ru = 1 [11]; (i and (i+1 = applied shear stress at load increment i and i+1, respectively; and (i and (i+1 = shear strain at load increment i and i+1, respectively. Simply stated, Eq. (4) employs the trapezoidal rule to compute the area bounded by the hysteretic stress-strain loop.

For the GMP model, It is used the model parameter correlations reported by Polito et al. [13], which are defined as:

where PEC = pseudoenergy capacity; Dr = Relative Density; and FC = fines content.

2.1.2. Elgamal model

The numerical framework of this model uses two-phase (fluid and solid) fully-coupled FE (Finite Element) formulation [30,31] based on Biot’s theory [32]. The saturated soil system is analyzed such as two-phase material. The u-p formulation (displacement of the soil skeleton, u, and pore pressure p are the primary unknowns) is a simplified numerical framework of this theory [33]. This model was implemented for the simulation of two-dimensional (2D) and 3D response scenarios [30,31,34,35].

The u-p formulation is defined by an equation of motion for the solid-fluid mixture, and by an equation of mass conservation for the fluid phase that incorporates equation of motion for the fluid phase and Darcy's law [33]. The two governing equations are presented in the following finite element matrix form [33]:

where [M] is the total mass matrix, {Ü} is the second derivative of displacement vector, [B]T the strain-displacement transposed matrix, {σ'} the effective stress tensor, Ω is the body volume, dΩ is derivative of the body volume, Q is the discrete gradient operator coupling the solid and fluid phases, [Q]T is the discrete transposed gradient operator coupling the solid and fluid phases, {p} is the pore pressure vector, [S] is the compressibility matrix, {0} is a cero vector, and [H] is the permeability matrix. The vectors {f s} and {f p} represent the effects of body forces and prescribed boundary conditions for the solid-fluid mixture and the fluid phase, respectively. Those Equations are integrated in the time domain using a single-step predictor multi-corrector scheme of the Newmark type [30,33].

For cyclic and seismic loading scenarios, multi-surface plasticity pressure independent (Von-Mises) and pressure dependent models are able to reproduce the cyclic shear stress-strain response characteristics of the soil conditions. A soil constitutive model pressure-dependent for frictional soils [30,31,34] was developed based on the Prevost [36] original framework. The focus of the formulation was placed on simulating the liquefaction-induced shear strain accumulation mechanism in clean medium-dense sands [31,37]. Special attention was given to the deviatoric-volumetric strain coupling (dilatancy) under cyclic loading, because this causes increased shear stiffness and strength at large cyclic shear strain excursions (i.e., cyclic mobility). The main modeling parameters [38] include standard dynamic soil properties such as low-strain shear modulus and friction angle, as well as parameters to control the dilatancy effects (phase transformation angle, contraction, and dilation), and the level of liquefaction-induced yield strain (γy).

2.1.3. PM4SAND model

The sand plasticity model presented follows the basic framework of the stress-ratio controlled, critical state compatible, bounding-surface plasticity model for sand presented by Dafalias and Manzari [39]. The Dafalias and Manzari [39] model extended the previous work by Manzari and Dafalias [40] by adding a fabric-dilatancy related tensor quantity to account for the effect of fabric changes during loading. The fabric-dilatancy related tensor was used to macroscopically model the effect that microscopically observed changes in sand fabric during plastic dilation have on the contractive response upon reversal of loading direction.

Basic stress and strain terms

The basic stress and strain terms for the model are described. The basic model is supported on effective stresses and the conventional prime symbol is skipped from the stress terms for convenience. All stresses are effective for the model considered. The stresses are represented by the tensor σ, the principal effective stresses σ1, σ2, and σ3, the mean effective stress p, the deviatoric stress tensor (s), and the deviatoric stress ratio tensor (r). The implementation was simplified by forming various equations and relationships in terms of the in-plane stresses only. This procedure limits the implementation to plane-strain applications and is not correct for general cases. This has the advantage of simplifying the implementation and improving computational speed by reducing the number of operations. Expanding the implementation to include the general case should not affect the general features of the model. Consequently, the relationships between the various stress terms can be summarized next:

where σxx is the stress in the plane x, σyy is the stress in the plane y, σxy is the shear stress in the plane xy and I is the unitary matrix.

The strain model is represented by a tensor (ε) (strains) that can be separated into the volumetric strain (εv) and the deviatoric strain tensor (e). The volumetric strain is represented as:

where εxx is the strain in the plane x, εyy is the strains in the plane y and the deviatoric strain tensor (e) is represented by:

In incremental form, the deviatoric (de) and volumetric strain (dεv) terms are decomposed into an elastic and a plastic part as they are presented next.

where deel is the elastic deviatoric strain increment tensor, depl is the plastic deviatoric strain increment tensor, dεv el is the elastic volumetric strain increment and dεv pl is the plastic volumetric strain increment.

3. Results

3.1. Prediction of PWP using coupled PWP and stress-strain constitutive models

The authors used 12 cySS bins for the prediction exercise (Table 1). Model parameters for each of the models were determined using recommendation and formulation for that purpose. Figs. 1 - 3 compare the PWP time histories computed using the GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain, Elgamal and PM4SAND models to the measured responses of cySS tests in bins S3B, S6B, and S8B, respectively. In general, the GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain reasonably predict PWP generation in loose to medium-dense specimens (Fig. 1 (a) and (b), respectively). As expected, the model more poorly predict PWP generation in dense specimens (Fig. 1 (c) ). The Elgamal and PM4SAND models fairly predict PWP generation in loose to dense specimens (Figs. 2 through 3, respectively) for different CSR magnitudes (i.e., different FSliq).

Table 1. Summary of cySS tests used in prediction phase of the models.

Source: The authors.

Source: The authors.

Figure 1 Comparison of calculated GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain constitutive model and measured PWP ratios for cySS tests: (a) loose specimens; (b) medium-dense specimens; and (c) dense specimens. (Note the differences in the time scales for the various plots.) 

Source: The authors.

Figure 2 Comparison of calculated Elgamal model and measured PWP ratios for cySS tests: (a) loose specimens; (b) medium-dense specimens; and (c) dense specimens. (Note the differences in the time scales for the various plots.) 

Source: The authors.

Figure 3 Comparison of calculated PM4SAND model and measured PWP ratios for cySS tests: (a) loose specimens; (b) medium-dense specimens; and (c) dense specimens. (Note the differences in the time scales for the various plots.) 

Fig. 4 presents the residuals for measured and predicted ru values (at each cycle) for the 12 cySS bins (25 individual cySS tests) in the prediction dataset. These data illustrate that the coupled GMP with stress-strain constitutive model yields small residuals (±0.25), but contain some bias. The Elgamal and PM4SAND models yield medium residuals (±0.5) with high bias concentrated in the underprediction side for Elgamal model and PM4SAND presents bias in the under and overprediction sides. However, all models qualitatively capture initial liquefaction.

Source: The authors.

Figure 4 Residuals computed from ru time histories for tests considered using: (a) GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain constitutive model; (b) Elgamal model and (c) PM4SAND model. 

3.2. Evaluation of predicted stress-strain behavior using coupled PWP and stress-strain constitutive models

The authors used the same 12 cySS bins considered for the PWP prediction exercise to evaluate the stress-strain behavior of the models. Model residuals were calculated using computed and measured shear stresses when the measured shear strain, γc = 0%.

Figs. 5 through 7 compare the stress-strain and excess ru-strain behavior computed using the GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain, Elgamal and PM4SAND models to the measured responses of cySS tests in bins S3B, S6B, and S8B, respectively. In general, the three models reasonably predict stress-strain and ru-strain behavior in loose to dense specimens for strains less that γc = 5%. As expected, the coupled GMP model with stress-strain constitutive model more poorly predict stress-strain and ru-strain behavior when dilation becomes more pronounced (γc > 5% and ru > 0.65) and significant modulus degradation occurs. Instead, Elgamal and PM4SAND can capture the initial part of dilation spikes and the degradation of the modulus in a good manner when γc > 5% and ru > 0.65, but the both codes are not able to support more than a couple of cycles after ru > 0.98 and the codes stop the calculation.

Source: The authors.

Figure 5 Comparison of calculated GMP coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain, Elgamal and PM4SAND models and measured PWP ratios for cySS test loose specimens. 

Source: The authors.

Figure 6 Comparison of calculated GMP coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain, Elgamal and PM4SAND models and measured PWP ratios for cySS test medium-dense specimens. 

Source: The authors.

Figure 7 Comparison of calculated GMP coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain, Elgamal and PM4SAND models and measured PWP ratios for cySS test dense specimens. 

Figs. 5 through 7 compare the stress-strain and excess ru-strain behavior computed using the GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain, Elgamal and PM4SAND models to the measured responses of cySS tests in bins S3B, S6B, and S8B, respectively. In general, the three models reasonably predict stress-strain and ru-strain behavior in loose to dense specimens for strains less that γc = 5%. As expected, the coupled GMP model with stress-strain constitutive model more poorly predict stress-strain and ru-strain behavior when dilation becomes more pronounced (γc > 5% and ru > 0.65) and significant modulus degradation occurs. Instead, Elgamal and PM4SAND can capture the initial part of dilation spikes and the degradation of the modulus in a good manner when γc > 5% and ru > 0.65, but the both codes are not able to support more than a couple of cycles after ru > 0.98 and the codes stop the calculation.

Fig. 8 presents the residuals determined for measured and predicted τ/σ'vo values (CSRs) at each cycle for the 12 cySS bins (25 individual cySS tests) in the prediction dataset. These data illustrate that the coupled GMP with stress-strain constitutive model and PM4SAND yield relatively low residuals (< ±0.25) for ru < 0.65 although the models generally overestimate the values of ru. For high ru-values (ru > 0.65), the residual increases (±0.35), although the bias decreases for both models. Instead, Elgamal model yields very low residuals (< ±0.05) through all ru-values, and no bias is presented with means that this model can reproduce the strain-stress behavior in a good shape.

Source: The authors.

Figure 8 Residuals computed from measured and computed CSR values (τ/σ'vo) for tests considered using: (a) GMP model coupled with hyperbolic stress-strain constitutive model; (b) Elgamal model and (c) PM4SAND model. 

4. Conclusion

In this paper, three coupled PWP and stress-strain constitutive models (termed GMP, Elgamal and PM4SAND) are described. Those constitutive model uses different approach to incorporate porewater pressures (PWP) predicted by PWP generation models available in the literature. The evaluation process consisted of a prediction phase, the coupled GMP and stress-strain constitutive model exhibited relatively low residuals compared with Elgamal and PM4SAND model (more advanced constitutive models), but the bias in the coupled GMP and stress-strain constitutive model is more reduced than the other models considered here.

Given the ability of the coupled GMP and stress-strain constitutive model to reasonably predict PWP generation in the prediction phase over the widest range of ru and over all values of Dr, it was expected a reasonable stress-strain prediction. The modified hyperbolic constitutive model coupled with the GMP model qualitatively captures the stress-strain behavior for ru ≤ 0.65, but the inability of the hyperbolic constitutive model to reproduce dilation at ru values exceeding approximately 0.65 reduces the accuracy of the coupled GMP and stress-strain model compared with the Elgamal and PM4SAND models can reproduce the dilation process in better way. The advanced models predict PWP fairly reasonably until initial liquefaction with bias more pronounced. Even, the found limitations that were exposed, all the models can be used in site response analysis with good results in reproduction of the soil response in an earthquake event when liquefaction is an issue.

5. List of Symbols

Acknowledgments

The authors want to thank Dr. Jiaer Wu for sharing his cySS tests with the authors. The authors also thank the Universidad del Magdalena, Universidad de la Guajira and Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales for providing the conditions required by authors to further explore and analyze the soils database to be able to complete this study.

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How to cite: Moreno-Torres, O., Chang-Nieto, G. and Salas-Montoya, A., Evaluation of coupled porewater pressure and stress-strain constitutive model in granular soils. DYNA, 85(204), pp. 248-256, March, 2018.

Received: August 19, 2016; Revised: March 29, 2017; Accepted: November 25, 2017

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