A Comparative Analysis of In Situ Testing Methods for Clay Strength Evaluation Using the Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Method
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Wang, Hebo1,2![]() ![]() ![]() |
刊名 | JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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出版日期 | 2025-05-09 |
卷号 | 13期号:5页码:22 |
关键词 | clay undrained shear strength strain softening strain rate CEL method |
DOI | 10.3390/jmse13050935 |
通讯作者 | Qi, Wengang(qiwengang@imech.ac.cn) |
英文摘要 | The progression of marine resource exploration into deepwater and ultra-deepwater regions has intensified the requirement for precise quantification of the undrained shear strength of clay. Although diverse in situ testing methodologies-including the vane shear test (VST), cone penetration test (CPT), T-bar penetration test (TPT), and ball penetration test (BPT)-are widely utilized for the assessment of clay strength, systematic discrepancies and correlations between their derived measurements remain inadequately resolved. The aim of this work is to provide a systematic comparison of strength interpretations across different in situ testing methods, with emphasis on identifying method-specific biases under varying soil behaviors. To achieve this, a unified numerical simulation framework was developed to simulate these four prevalent testing techniques, employing large-deformation finite element analysis via the Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) approach. The model integrates critical constitutive behaviors of marine clays, specifically strain softening and strain rate dependency, to replicate in situ shear strength evolution. Rigorous sensitivity analyses confirm the model's robustness. The results indicate that, when the stain rate and softening effects are neglected, the resistance factors from the CPT and VST remain largely insensitive to shear strength variations. However, T-bar and ball penetrometers tend to underestimate strength by up to 15% in high-strength soils due to the incomplete development of a full-flow failure mechanism. As a result, their application in high-strength soils is not recommended. With both the strain rate and softening effects considered, the interpreted strength value Sut from the CPT increases by 13.5% compared to cases excluding these effects, while other methods exhibit marginal decreases of 4-5%. The isolated analysis of strain softening reveals that, under identical softening parameters, the CPT demonstrates the least sensitivity to strain softening among the four methods examined, with the factor reduction ratio Ns/N0 ranging from 0.76 to 1.00, while the other three methods range from 0.65 to 0.88. The results indicate that the CPT is well suited for strength testing in soils exhibiting pronounced softening behavior, as it reduces the influence of strain softening on the measured results. These findings provide critical insights into method-specific biases in undrained shear strength assessments, supporting a more reliable interpretation of in situ test data for deepwater geotechnical applications. |
WOS关键词 | FINITE-ELEMENT-ANALYSIS ; CONE PENETRATION ; SHEAR-STRENGTH ; PENETROMETER ; SOIL ; RESISTANCE |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS[2021018] ; [11972036] ; [52201346] |
WOS研究方向 | Engineering ; Oceanography |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001496699300001 |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS |
源URL | [http://dspace.imech.ac.cn/handle/311007/101622] ![]() |
专题 | 力学研究所_流固耦合系统力学重点实验室(2012-) |
通讯作者 | Qi, Wengang |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mech, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Engn Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Univ Melbourne, Fac Engn & Informat Technol, Dept Infrastruct Engn, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Hebo,Wang, Yifa,Li, Biao,et al. A Comparative Analysis of In Situ Testing Methods for Clay Strength Evaluation Using the Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Method[J]. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,2025,13(5):22. |
APA | Wang, Hebo,Wang, Yifa,Li, Biao,Qi, Wengang,&Wang, Ning.(2025).A Comparative Analysis of In Situ Testing Methods for Clay Strength Evaluation Using the Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Method.JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,13(5),22. |
MLA | Wang, Hebo,et al."A Comparative Analysis of In Situ Testing Methods for Clay Strength Evaluation Using the Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Method".JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 13.5(2025):22. |
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