Abstract
The maximum shear modulus (G0(ij)) of rooted soils is crucial for assessing the deformation and liquefaction potential of vegetated infrastructures under seismic loading conditions. However, no data or theory is available to account for the anisotropy of G0(ij) of rooted soils. This study presents a new model that can predict G0(ij) anisotropy of rooted soils by incorporating the projection of the stress tensor on two independent tensors that describe soil fabric and root network. Bender element tests were conducted on bare and vegetated specimens under isotropic and anisotropic loading conditions. The presence of roots in the soil increased G0(VH) at all confining pressures (p′), as well as G0(HH) and G0(HV) at low p′. However, the trend was reversed at higher p′ because the roots reduced the effects of confinement on G0(ij) by replacing stronger soil–soil interfaces with weaker soil–root interfaces. Roots made the soil fabric and G0(ij) more anisotropic. The proposed model can effectively predict the observed anisotropy of G0(ij) under isotropic and anisotropic loading conditions. The new model also offers a new method for determining the fabric anisotropy of sand based on the anisotropy of shear modulus.
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