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Realistic assessment of permanent deformation accumulation of unbound granular materials (UGMs) for pavement design requires developing suitable models capable of simulating the observed stress-path-dependent behavior. This paper presented shakedown analysis results of laboratory repeated load triaxial (RLT) tests conducted on two typical UGMs. The laboratory loading schemes involved different stress paths with both constant and variable confining pressures. The cyclic plastic deformation behavior of the two UGMs subjected to stress paths induced by moving wheel loads were investigated. The near constant (or stable) plastic strain accumulation rate of the secondary stage of permanent deformation accumulation was derived from the shakedown theory to describe the long-term permanent deformation behavior of UGMs. Mechanistic models of the stable plastic strain accumulation rate were further developed for potential use in predicting the stress-path-dependent long-term plastic strain accumulation of UGMs. The findings are useful for estimating permanent deformation behavior of UGMs subjected to moving wheel loads and realistically assessing their suitability in pavement foundation layers.
Department of Geotechnical Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, 22 South Shaoshan Rd., Changsha, Hunan 410075, China
National Engineering Laboratory for High-speed Railway Construction, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Heavy-haul Railway Engineering Structures, 22 South Shaoshan Rd., Changsha, Hunan 410075, China