In this example, we demonstrate the usage of SimpleSand
model
by conducting a triaxial compression simulation.
The model scripts can be downloaded.
A unit cube defined with C3D8
element is used to represent the specimen.
node 1 .5 -.5 0
node 2 .5 .5 0
node 3 -.5 .5 0
node 4 -.5 -.5 0
node 5 .5 -.5 1
node 6 .5 .5 1
node 7 -.5 .5 1
node 8 -.5 -.5 1
element C3D8 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 G
For the material properties, the following values are used.
material SimpleSand 1 9E4 .2 .01 -.7 5. 1.25 1.1 3.5 1.6 -130. .02 2.
Please refer to the corresponding page for explanations.
The confinement is applied to achieve a confinement stress of
In this case, a displacement of
displacement 1 0 -0.02 1 1 2 5 6
displacement 2 0 -0.02 2 2 3 6 7
The vertical displacement is applied in the same way.
amplitude Tabular 1 monotonic
displacement 3 1 -0.02 3 5 6 7 8
Cyclic displacement load can be applied. It varies cyclicly after the target confinement is achieved.
amplitude Tabular 1 cyclic
displacement 3 1 -0.02 3 5 6 7 8
The load level can be plotted as follows.
The
The SimpleSand
model is a very simple model for sand to showcase the concept of bounding surface.
For more advanced response, other models shall be used.