EVP-SANICLAY MODEL PARAMETERS CALIBERATION

WITH BALLINA CLAY IN AUSTRALIA

Brief of Ballina Clay
Ballina clay represents the estuarine soft clays of high to extremely high plasticity from the
Richmond river valley in Ballina, the northern New South Wale in Australia.

EVP-SANICLAY model parameters definition

Group
Elasticity
Critial
state

Para- Definition
meter
Slope of swelling

Poissons ratio

Slope of post yield

compression
Mc
Slope of CSL on
compression
Me
Slope of CSL on
extension
N
Shape of the yield in
compression

Determination method
From e-lnp(Oedometer test)
Oedometer test with lateral stress measurement
From e-lnp(Oedometer test)
From Undrained triaxial compression and extension test
on K0 consolidated clay
Estimation N by using CK0UC test on normally
consolidated clay, with equation:

pf
pK 0
x
x

Saturation limit of
anisotropy under
paths with constant
stress ratio (for yield
surface will set x)

1 /

N 2 K2 0

2
2
N 2 K 0 M c M c

Or Interpolating from yield loci fitting.

Estimation by :

B k3 k2 21 / BM c2 k M c2
k
x
2 1 /

3(1 K 0 )
2(1 )
3
B
; v K 0 ; K K 0
1 2K 0
9(1 2
q
2

K 0 1 sin or K0 is measured value of the earth

C

Destructuration

Viscosity
Initial
state

Rate of evolution of
anisotropy
ki
Rate of isotropic
destructuration
kf
Rate of frictional
destructuration
A
Describe coupling
between volumetric
and frictional
destructuration
N
Strain rate coefficient
s Fluidity
e0
Initial void ratio
p0
Initial size of SYS
Initial rotation of SYS

Si
Initial isotropic
structuration factor
Sf
Initial frictional
structuration factor

coefficient at rest
Curve fitting C={3-20} by using CK0UE test. If suitable
value of C>8, then N should be slightly increased.
Simulating consolidation curve to select optimum value
of ki
????
Taking default value of 0.5. It should be changed to 0.2
or 0.3 during simulation.

Curve fitting by simulation

Curve fitting by simulation

Interpolating from yield loci fitting.

Based on compression curve of structured and
reconstituted sample.
Sf=Nc*/Nc, based on yield surface of structured and
unstructured sample.

EVP-SANICLAY model parameters calibration for Ballina Clay

Group
Elasticity

Critical
state

Rotation

Destructuration

Viscosity

Initial
state

Parameter

Definition

Slope of swelling
Poissons ratio
Slope of post yield
compression
Mc
Slope of CSL on
compression
Me
Slope of CSL on
extension
N
Shape of the yield in
compression
Saturation limit of
x
anisotropy under
x
paths with constant
stress ratio (for yield
surface will set x
C
Rate of evolution of
anisotropy
ki
Rate of isotropic
destructuration
kf
Rate of frictional
destructuration
A
Describe coupling
between volumetric
and frictional
destructuration
N
Strain rate coefficient

s Fluidity
e0
Initial void ratio
p0
Initial size of SYS
Initial rotation of SYS

Si
Initial isotropic
structuration factor
Sf

Initial frictional
structuration factor

(0C) Friction angle

K0.NC

Others

OCR
K0.OC
p

Coefficient of earth
pressure at rest
Over-consolidation
ratio
Preconsolidation
Pressure

Value at depth
-2.5m -5.5m -9.5m
0.039 0.091 0.076
0.2
0.2
0.2

Notes

0.315

0.364

0.431

1.57

1.67

1.28

1.031

1.073

0.897

1.57

1.67

1.28

Taking N=Mc

2.081

2.98

2.138

Need discussion

Need simulation CK0UE, CK0UC

can be instead.
Need simulation compression
curve
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???

???

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???

???

???

???

0.5

0.5

0.5

???
???
2.145
55
0.618
2.61

???
???
2.66
57
0.674
4.67

???
???
2.74
67
0.488
3.33

???

???

???

38.5
0.378

40.8
0.347

31.8
0.473

Should set value at 0.3 and 0.2

during simulating.

Need simulation
Need simulation
P0= p*(1+2K0)/3
Need discussion
Based on compression curves of
structured and reconstituted
sample.
Sf=Nc*/Nc, based on yield
surfaces of structured and
unstructured sample.
Determining from Mc -> or '
(Jaky 1948)

1.703
0.81
63

1.503
0.64
75

0.978
0.46
105

(Mayne & Kulhawy,1982)

In-situ value from SMDT test

SECTION 2

Instrumentation Section 2
Embankment #1 CETAEU PVDs

CROSS SECTION 21
NORMINAL DIMENSIONS SEE SURVEY DATA FOR ACTUAL DIMENSIONS
4000

1200

6000

6000

16000

6000

6000

1200

4000

MEX1

2000

SEPARATION
FEOFABRIC

Inclo 2
1000

HPG1a

EARTH FILL

TPC2

TPC1

TPC3

HPG1Ab

SAND
EARTH FILL

VWP2a
RL1.6m

Magnet
RL-1.1m

+0.00m
RL+0.4m

ALLUVIAL CLAYEY SANDY SILT

PIPC1 RL-0.35m

RL-0.4m
VWP1a
RL-1.6m

600

Magnet 0
RL+1.3m

Inclo 1
HPG1Aa

RL-0.9m
VWP6a
RL-1.6m

HPG1b
W~31%, Bd=1.73, Dd=1.32 (Mg/m3)
c'=15 kPa, '=34o, e0=0.91 ==> M=1.03(at depth 0.7m)
GL -0.8m

ESTUARINE SILTY CLAY

Bd=1.65, Dd=1.1(Mg/m3),W~61%, IL~63%, PL~28% (1.5-2.0m)

-0.70m
-0.79m

DST
CRS

0.91
1.09

-1.86m
-2.27m
-2.37m
-2.47m
-2.57m

CRS
CRS
Triaxial
CRS
Triaxial

1.64
2.03
2.11
2.14
2.30

-5.50m
-5.58m

CRS
Triaxial

2.85
2.47

Triaxial
CRS

2.68
2.80

Bd=1.55, Dd=0.86(Mg/m3),W~79%, IL~85%, PL~33% (2.0-3.0m)

Magnet 2
RL-4.1m
VWP1b
RL-5.6m

Test e0

PIPC2 RL-4.1m

VWP2b
RL-5.6m

PIPC5
RL-4.0m

PIPC6
RL-4.1m

Bd=1.45, Dd=0.76(Mg/m3),W~92%, IL~104%, PL~37% (3.0-4.0m)

VWP6b
RL-5.6m
Bd=1.44, Dd=0.70(Mg/m3),W~105%, IL~108%, PL~42% (4.0-6.0m)
Magnet 3
RL-7.1m
Bd=1.41, Dd=0.64(Mg/m3),W~116%, IL~123%, PL~44% (6.0-8.0m)

RL-9.6m

VWP1c
RL-9.6m

-8.25m

PIPC3 RL-8.6m
VWP2b
RL-9.6m

Bd=1.45, Dd=0.74(Mg/m3),W~89%, IL~104%, PL~40% (8.0-8.5m)

VWP6b
RL-9.6m

Magnet 4
RL-10.1m

Bd=1.42, Dd=0.67(Mg/m3),W~109%, IL~117%, PL~47% (8.5-10m)

RL-10.9m
600

-11.00m

PIPC4RL-12.0m

EXTEND OF PVD
RL13.6m

EXTEND OF PVD
Magnet 5
RL-13.8m

RL-13.85m
RL-14.6m
Base of Prefabricated
vertical drains(PVD)

Magnet 6
RL-18.25m

TRANSITION SANDY CLAY TO CLAYEY SAND

Bd=1.54, Dd=1.88(Mg/m3),W~30%(11-12.5m)

RL-13.6m

SAND

RL-17.8m
RL-18.35m

PLEISTOCENE CLAY

RL-19.9m

Datum Magnet
RL-22.71m
Base Inclo 1
RL-22.8m

-9.49m
-9.76m

600

Base MEX
RL -23.1m

Base Inclo 2
RL-22.9m

Legend:
Spider + Datum magnet
Vibrating Wire Piezometer(VWP)
Total Pressure Cell (TPC)
Push in pressure Cell (PiPC)
Hydrostatic Profile Gauge (HPG)
Replacement HPG