Research Article

Experimental and Mathematical Modeling of Monotonic Behavior of Calcareous Sand

Table 4

Values of model parameters.

ParameterDr (%)σ′3 (kPa)a (10−3)b (10−3)εp (%)σp (kPa)A (kPa)mp

Dry calcareous sand301005.541.208.66542.55221.113.062.18
302004.290.8512.40836.06341.284.413.84
303002.730.4910.501336.31495.013.123.44
452002.670.888.81841.81343.712.783.83
602003.160.759.11915.34423.813.252.59

Drained saturated calcareous sand301005.771.49.51480.58167.023.244.56
302003.590.7810.40866.54333.222.264.58
303003.60.5712.931166.31278.992.493.81
452003.380.628.981003.88322.641.772.47
602002.610.6910.391061.89248.522.423.39

Undrained saturated calcareous sand3010014.541.75
302007.681.2418.44604.49138.795.242.66
303005.040.9017.07834.28356.217.032.59
452006.70.6418.911006.29239.413.691.72
602005.430.6118.971114.28250.826.703.32