Research Article

Development of PMC Numerical Model for Soil and Stone Mixture

Table 4

Comparison table of numerical simulation results of the true triaxial test.

Working conditionsM-CPMC-1PMC-1/M-C

Peak strength (MPa)42.1442.171.0007

X directionElastic strain (×10−6)1234.031234.201.0001
Plastic strain (×10−6)772.77770.990.9977
Total strain (×10−6)2006.802005.190.9992

Y directionElastic strain (×10−6)555.50556.301.0014
Plastic strain (×10−6)0.000.00
Total strain (×10−6)555.50556.301.0014

Z directionElastic strain (×10−6)−3733.91−3734.151.0001
Plastic strain (×10−6)−772.76−770.980.9977
Total strain (×10−6)−4506.67−4505.130.9997
Average value0.9998
Coefficient of variation0.0013

Note. The positive sign of strain is expansion, and the negative sign is compression. The model does not consider the dilatancy.