Abstract
SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.
Abstract
In this chapter, the probabilistic porous-solid model is used to simulate the tensile strength of unsaturated soils tested at different water contents. The strength of unsaturated soils can be split in two parts: one related to the net stress and the other to suction. The strength generated by suction has its origin on the additional contact stresses induced to solid particles by water meniscus. This additional contact stress is called matric suction stress. In that sense, the tensile strength of soils represents the matric suction stress of the material at that particular water content. The numerical and experimental comparisons of the tensile strength of unsaturated soils tested at different water contents show that the probabilistic porous-solid model can simulate this phenomenon with sufficient accuracy.
Keywords:
Additional contact stress, Cohesion, Direct tensile test, Effective stress, Homogenous material, Matric suction stress, Net stress, Probabilistic porous-solid model, Retention curves, Suction, Tensile strength, Tensile stress, Water menisci.
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Authors:Bentham Science Books