摘要
To capture the grading-dependence of the shear stiffness of heterogeneous granular aggregates, a new grading parameter that considered the size distribution of the entire aggregates was developed. Both the coefficient of uniformity and median particle size decreased with increasing the grading parameter. A general increase of the shear stiffness with increasing the grading parameter was observed. Compari- son with experimental results revealed that the proposed grading parameter had a stronger correlation with the material constants of Hardin＇s stiffness formula than the coefficient of uniformity, which is a traditional grading parameter.
To capture the grading-dependence of the shear stiffness of heterogeneous granular aggregates, a new grading parameter that considered the size distribution of the entire aggregates was developed. Both the coefficient of uniformity and median particle size decreased with increasing the grading parameter. A general increase of the shear stiffness with increasing the grading parameter was observed. Compari- son with experimental results revealed that the proposed grading parameter had a stronger correlation with the material constants of Hardin＇s stiffness formula than the coefficient of uniformity, which is a traditional grading parameter.
基金
The financial support provided by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities （Grant no, 2017B05214）, the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No. 51479060） and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions are appreciated.
