Abstract
Small strain stiffness plays an important role in determining the deformation of geotechnical engineering in soft soils. To model the anisotropic small strain stiffness behavior of soft clay, an enhancement to the bounding surface plasticity model is proposed. This enhancement involves incorporating the anisotropy in soil stiffness at very small strains and its non-linear degradation. Small strains are considered via cross-anisotropy elasticity, while the concept of intergranular strain is used to reflect the non-linear degradation of stiffness with strains and the effect of recent stress history. Using the proposed model, the triaxial test results on K0 consolidated Shanghai clay specimens are simulated to investigate the model’s performance. In the simulation, three typical shear stress paths are adopted. The comparison of the model simulations against experimental evidence is discussed, where the effects of anisotropy in initial soil stiffness and stress-induced anisotropy on the variation of small-strain stiffness, pore pressure, and shear-volume coupling response are highlighted.
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