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Hardening Soil model with small strain stiffness - Zace Services Ltd.

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Setting initial state variables: γ PS<br />

o<br />

and p co<br />

Remarks<br />

= Ko<br />

NC<br />

(approximate Jaky’s formula)<br />

1 K SR<br />

o<br />

2 K SR<br />

o<br />

≈ 1 − sin(φ) in the standard applications<br />

= 1 for case of isotropic consolidation (used in triaxial<br />

testing for instance)<br />

3 For sands notion of preconsolidation pressure is not as<br />

meaningful as for cohesive soils hence one may assume<br />

OCR=1 and effect of density will be embedded in H and M<br />

parameters<br />

Andrzej Truty ZACE <strong>Services</strong><br />

<strong>Hardening</strong> <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>model</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>small</strong> <strong>strain</strong> <strong>stiffness</strong>

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