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Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials pp 207–210Cite as

Influence of Grain Size Distribution on Critical State of Granular Materials

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This paper aims to investigate the influence of grain size distribution (GSD) on the critical state of Hostun sand. Drained triaxial tests were conducted on saturated specimens with different GSD (Cu=1.4, 5, 10, 20) under different confining pressures (100, 200, 400 kPa). The experimental results highlight that the critical state of the tested sand predominantly depends on its GSD.

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  1. Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, UMR CNRS 6183, Nantes, France

    Gang Li, Carlos Ovalle, Christophe Dano & Pierre-Yves Hicher

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  1. , State Key Laboratory, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China, People's Republic

    Qiang Yang

  2. , State Key Laboratory, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China, People's Republic

    Jian-Min Zhang

  3. Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China, People's Republic

    Hong Zheng

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, School of Transportation Science, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China, People's Republic

    Yangping Yao

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Li, G., Ovalle, C., Dano, C., Hicher, PY. (2013). Influence of Grain Size Distribution on Critical State of Granular Materials. In: Yang, Q., Zhang, JM., Zheng, H., Yao, Y. (eds) Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32814-5_25

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