Table 9. The calculated results of maximum density tests.
Analysis
1st
2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Mean
Minimum void ratio
0.678 0.672 0.682 0.671 0.676
0.676
Maximum dry density
1.629 ton/m3 1.635 ton/m3 1.625 ton/m3 1.636 ton/m3 1.631 ton/m3
1.631 ton/m3
Figure 55. Analysis models used for minimum density test and maximum density test.
Table 8. The calculated results of minimum density tests.
Figure 56. The calculated and experimental results of maximum density tests until 200 shaking cycles.
Analysis
1st
2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Mean
Maximum void ratio
0.976 0.946 0.944 0.962 0.960
0.958
Minimum dry density
1.384 ton/m3 1.405 ton/m3 1.406 ton/m3 1.394 ton/m3 1.395 ton/m3
1.397 ton/m3
shaking direction was changed by 36 degrees every
10 cycles of shaking, to simulate the test procedure.
The results of DEM analyses of the minimum den- sity tests are summarised in Table 8. The mean values of maximum void ratio and minimum dry density are 0.958 and 1.397 ton/m3, respectively. These values may be comparable with those obtained from the min- imum density test (see Table 6).
The results of DEM analyses of the maximum dens- ity tests are compared with the test results in Figure 57. Changes in void ratio are plotted against the number of shaking cycles in Figure 57 until the shaking cycle of 200, although 1000 shaking cycles were analysed. The void ratio rapidly decreased with increasing shaking cycle to about 100 cycles and then almost levelled off for further shaking cycles in the non-standard maximum density tests. The results of DEM analyses simulate this measured behaviour well. The minimum void ratio and the corresponding maximum dry density obtained from the DEM analyses are summarised in Table 9.
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Figure 57. The calculated and experimental results of one- dimensional compression test.
The one-dimensional compression tests and the direct shear tests of the sand were carried out using the consolidation ring and the shear ring having an inner diameter of 60 mm and a height of 20 mm. However, in the DEM analyses, the height of the soil specimen was set at 40 mm in the DEM analyses, because the size of clump (Fig. 54) seemed to be large compared to the actual ring height of 20 mm.
The friction between the clumps and the walls was neglected. The initial void ratio prior to compression was set at 0.693 in the DEM analysis. In the process of DEM analysis of the one-dimensional compression test, a total of 8 loading steps, 9.8 to 1254.4 kPa, were applied to the top loading plate.
Figure 57 shows the comparison between the one- dimensional test results and the DEM analysis results.
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