Journal Published Online: 01 September 1981
Volume 4, Issue 3

A Mechanistic Model for Strength and Fatigue of Cement-Treated Soils

CODEN: GTJODJ

Abstract

A mechanistic model for strength and fatigue of cement-treated soils is developed using the Griffith failure theory for the purpose of understanding the structural behavior of cement-treated bases in pavements. Failure under static loads is assumed to occur when the tensile stress at the tip of the most critically oriented flaw reaches a value characteristic of the material. This static failure model is used to study fatigue behavior under repeated stresses. Results of repeatedload triaxial tests on a clayey gravel soil cement are used to define fatigue failure criteria for cement-treated soils. The analytical fatigue model developed is used to derive a cumulative damage hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, fatigue behavior under compound loading depends on the sequence and magnitude of applied loads and the curing age of the cement-treated material. The hypothesis also suggests that Miner's rule could lead to unconservative predictions of fatigue life under random loading conditions.

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Raad, L
American University of Beirut, New York, N.Y.
Pages: 7
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Stock #: GTJ10775J
ISSN: 0149-6115
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10775J