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Mechanisms of desiccation cracking of soil: Validation

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Peron, H; Hu, LB; Laloui, L; Hueckel, T
Published in: Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10
December 1, 2007

Mechanisms of shrinkage and the conditions leading to cracking of drying soils are addressed. An elastic formulation of the hydro-mechanical drying problem is presented. It relies on the analogy which can be drawn between the desiccation process and thermo-elasticity. The validity of the analogy is discussed in the light of finite element simulations of air drying experiments on a rectangular soil slab resting on a substrate. Two kinds of tests are dealt with: free desiccation and substrate constrained desiccation tests, with different kinematic boundary conditions. The discussed model is able to reproduce some of the experimental observations. © 2007 Taylor & Francis Group.

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Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10

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December 1, 2007

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Peron, H., Hu, L. B., Laloui, L., & Hueckel, T. (2007). Mechanisms of desiccation cracking of soil: Validation. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10, 277–282.
Peron, H., L. B. Hu, L. Laloui, and T. Hueckel. “Mechanisms of desiccation cracking of soil: Validation.” Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10, December 1, 2007, 277–82.
Peron H, Hu LB, Laloui L, Hueckel T. Mechanisms of desiccation cracking of soil: Validation. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10. 2007 Dec 1;277–82.
Peron, H., et al. “Mechanisms of desiccation cracking of soil: Validation.” Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10, Dec. 2007, pp. 277–82.
Peron H, Hu LB, Laloui L, Hueckel T. Mechanisms of desiccation cracking of soil: Validation. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10. 2007 Dec 1;277–282.

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Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10

Publication Date

December 1, 2007

Start / End Page

277 / 282