地盤材料の変形特性に対する時間効果の新しい展開

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The time effects on the deformation characteristics under unloaded conditions of stiff geomaterials, such as Pleistocene clays, sand/gravel, sedimentary soft rock and cement-mixed soils, were studied theoretically and experimentally. The proper prediction of this behavior is important for many practical issues, such as evaluation of preloading effects, time-dependent deformation or ground subjected to excavation and interpretation of the unloading behavior in the field loading tests. From the present study, the following conclusions were obtained commonly with various stiff geomaterials tested in the present study :1) Even after unloading is started at a constant load rate from a certain loaded state, the increase in the deformation continues at a decreasing rate.2) When the load level is decreased to a certain level, the rate of irreversible deformation rate becomes zero.3) When the load level is further decreased, the irreversible deformation rate becomes negative, while the deformat … More ion decreases with time at a creep stage and the load increases with time at a relaxation stage.Most of the existing theories on the time-effects on the deformation characteristics of geomaterials deal with the deformation during loading stage. In view of the above, the following constitutive models were developed to explain the above.1) New isotach model ; a given strain increment is decomposed into the elastic and irreversible components, while a given stress is decomposed into the inviscid and viscous components. The hysteretic relationships between the inviscid stress and the irreversible strain for loading, unloading and so on are defined. Then, the current stress state for a given stress history is uniquely controlled by instantaneous irreversible strain and its rate. This model is relevant to several types of clay and sedimentary softrocks.2) TESRA (temporary effects of strain rate and acceleration) model : the current viscous stress is obtained by integrating with respect to the irreversible strain the viscous stress increment by the increase in the irreversible strain and that by the increase in the irreversible strain rate. In this integration, a decay of these two types of viscous stress increments with the irreversible strain is taken into account. This model is relevant to poorly graded sands. Less