Finite element modelling of a deep sea clay in long-term laboratory creep tests
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1996
Abstract
A new finite element program is introduced and its predictive capabilities are compared to results from two long-term, drained laboratory creep tests on a deep sea clay. The constitutive behaviour is based on Cam clay critical state plasticity theory with creep and time-dependent hardening. Creep is computed using either Singh-Mitchell's three-dimensional equation or Taylor's secondary compression relationship. The experimental creep data include a triaxial specimen subjected to two deviatoric stress increments and a one-dimensional consolidation specimen subjected to three vertical stress increments. In addition, the pore pressure behaviour following an increase in stress is examined in the triaxial sample. Predictions compare favourably to test data, which provide confidence for applying the chosen constitutive model and numerical formulation to solve seabed-related problems on the continental slope that are of interest to geologists, the oil industry and the navy, among others.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Volume
20
Issue
12
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Brandes, H. G., M. H. Sadd, and A. J. Silva. "Finite element modelling of a deep sea clay in long-term laboratory creep tests." International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 20, 12 (1996): 887-905. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9853(199612)20:12<887::aid-nag855>3.0.co;2-%23.