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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 />

ur<br />

The unloading reloading modulus as well as oedometric<br />

moduli are usually not accessible<br />

We can use Alpans diagram to deduce E ref<br />

ur<br />

E ref<br />

o<br />

(default is E ur<br />

ref<br />

Eo<br />

ref<br />

this value is larger<br />

once we know<br />

= 3); for cohesive soils like tertiary clays<br />

For oedometric modulus at the reference stress σ ref = 100<br />

kPa we can assume Eoed ref = E 50<br />

ref<br />

γ 0.7 = 0.0001...0.0002 for sands and γ 0.7 = 0.00005...0.0001<br />

for clays<br />

Smaller γ 0.7 values yield softer soil behavior<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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