Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DOMINO (The Development of a Multiscale Modeling Framework for Investigating Marine Soft Clays)
Berichtszeitraum: 2018-09-01 bis 2020-08-31
The proposed research aimed to use concepts from aggregation theory in combination with simulations of macroscopic material properties such as stiffness, strength and permeability. Experimental methods have consisted of state-of-the-art material characterization techniques such as: hydromechanical testing using advanced Bishop Wesley cells at Chalmers Geotechnical Laboratory, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry at Gothenburg University’s NMR centre, Time-Resolved Small/Wide angle X-ray Scattering at Chalmers Materials Analysis Lab. The project applied a bottom-up approach, where a combination of simple model materials (kaolinite) are used in addition to natural more complex natural sensitive clay in intact and reconstituted state. The results of these experiment, which are under processing at Chalmers will aid the development of multiscale soil constitutive models.