Abstract

Natural geotechnical materials are affected by sedimentation and exhibit significant anisotropy. To study the transverse isotropy characteristics of soil, the influence of intermediate principal stress and loading direction must be considered. Currently, research on transverse isotropy primarily focuses on the modified stress space, which is cumbersome to apply in multi-yield surface constitutive models. To describe the three-dimensional mechanical properties of geomaterials in real stress space, the α-Spatial Mobilized Plane strength criterion is introduced. Then, combined with the structure tensor, the transverse isotropic three-dimensional strength criterion can account for the effect of the loading angle. Finally, the three-dimensional strengths of Fukakusa clay, unsaturated SP-SC soils, uncemented Monterey sands, Yamaguchi marble, San Francisco Bay mud, Toyoura sand, and Santa Monica Beach sand are predicted on the π-plane. The results show that the αmn-SMP criterion, in the context of transverse isotropy, can describe the three-dimensional mechanical properties reasonably, and it can provide an accurate strength criterion for geotechnical engineering practice.

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