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

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Estimation of material properties: E ref<br />

o<br />

and m<br />

Analytical formula: E o = E ref<br />

o<br />

( σ<br />

∗<br />

3 + c cotφ<br />

σ ref + c cotφ<br />

) m<br />

Measured: shear wave velocity v s at ε 1 = 10 −6 and at given<br />

confining stress σ 3<br />

Compute : shear modulus G o = ρv 2 s<br />

Compute : Young modulus E o = 2 (1 + ν) G o<br />

σ 3 [kPa] E o [kPa]<br />

100 250000<br />

300 460000<br />

600 675000<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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