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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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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

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277 / 282