Changes in the chemistry of the pore fluid are known to impact on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of clays. Experimental evidence collected in the last decades led to the formulation of constitutive chemo-mechanical models for expansive soils used in engineering practice for the containment of pollution, such as bentonite. Less attention has been paid to modelling the chemo-mechanical behaviourof non-expansive clays, less frequently used for geoenvironmental applications, but equally exposed to chemical changes. Key differences between the impact of salinity on the fabric of expansive and non-expansive clays are pointed out. At the macroscopic scale, an increase in salinity causes a translation of the Normal Compression Line of non-expansive clays to higher void ratios, which in some cases is also accompanied by an increase in compressibility. The opposite occurs for expansive clays. These experimental evidences provide the basis for a chemo-mechanical model formulated in the frame of elasto-plasticity with generalised hardening, whose yield surface expands with pore fluid concentration. The model is validated against experimental results, both original and from the literature. Simulation results compare very well with those of tests performed on reconstituted, compacted and intact samples.

Chemo-mechanical behaviour of non-expansive clays accounting for salinity effects / Musso, G.; Scelsi, G.; Della Vecchia, G.. - In: GEOTECHNIQUE. - ISSN 0016-8505. - (2022), pp. 1-15. [10.1680/jgeot.21.00183]

Chemo-mechanical behaviour of non-expansive clays accounting for salinity effects

Musso G.;Scelsi G.;Della Vecchia G.
2022

Abstract

Changes in the chemistry of the pore fluid are known to impact on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of clays. Experimental evidence collected in the last decades led to the formulation of constitutive chemo-mechanical models for expansive soils used in engineering practice for the containment of pollution, such as bentonite. Less attention has been paid to modelling the chemo-mechanical behaviourof non-expansive clays, less frequently used for geoenvironmental applications, but equally exposed to chemical changes. Key differences between the impact of salinity on the fabric of expansive and non-expansive clays are pointed out. At the macroscopic scale, an increase in salinity causes a translation of the Normal Compression Line of non-expansive clays to higher void ratios, which in some cases is also accompanied by an increase in compressibility. The opposite occurs for expansive clays. These experimental evidences provide the basis for a chemo-mechanical model formulated in the frame of elasto-plasticity with generalised hardening, whose yield surface expands with pore fluid concentration. The model is validated against experimental results, both original and from the literature. Simulation results compare very well with those of tests performed on reconstituted, compacted and intact samples.
2022
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