Volume 39, N. 1, Special Issue: Unsaturated Soils (Invited Editors: G.F.N. Gitirana Jr. & D.G. Fredlund), January-April 2016 | PDF(3 downloads)
Abstract
The SFG model was proposed in attempt to provide a consistent description of the stress-strain behaviour of unsaturated soils, including compacted soils and soils dried from slurry. It differs from existing models mainly through two aspects: a consistent description of volume change, yield stress and shear strength behaviour of unsaturated soils and a smooth and natural transition between saturated and unsaturated states. The model has attracted significant attention since it was first proposed and has been extended to cover coupled hydro-mechanical behaviour, hysteretic water retention behaviour and density-dependency. This paper presents a summary of the latest developments of the model, as well as the aspects that require further refinements.
