An elasto-plastic approach is used to describe the curve of retention of the soil. This implies two plastic mechanisms:
→ A mechanism activated during drying $f_{dry}=s-s_d=0$
→ A mechanism activated during the wetting $f_{wet}=s_d s_{hys} - s=0$
Where $s_d$ is the drying limit and $s_{hys}$ is a parameter defining the opening of the hydric hysteresis. When a mechanism is activated, $s_d$ evolves according to the following exponential law: $s_d=s_{d0}\exp(-\beta_h \Delta S_w)$
The effects of mechanical deformation and of temperature on the retention curve are considered through the evolution of the entering air suction: \[s_e=s_{e0}\exp(-\beta \Delta S_w)\left[1-\theta_T\log(T/T_0)-\theta_e \log(1-\varepsilon_v)\right]\] In order to characterize the initial degree of saturation inside the hydric hysteresis, the RETINI parameter is used. At the initial state, for a given suction, if RETINI = 0, the point is on the drying curve; if RETINI = 1, the point is on the wetting curve. RETINI can also take a value between 0 and 1. In that case, the saturation degree is determined using a linear interpolation between the drying curve and the wetting curve.
ISR = 18 (EPFL-LMS, Lausanne)
Parameter correspondance:
CSW1=$s_{D0}$
CSW2=$\kappa_H$
CSW3=$\beta_H$
CSW4=$\pi_H$
CSW5=RETINI
The water retention curve is modeled using an elasto-plastic approach with kinematic hardening (ACMEG-s model, LMS, EPFL) The yield surface delimiting the elastic domain takes the following form: \[f=\left\Vert ln\left(\frac{s}{s_D}\right)+\frac{1}{2}ln\left(\frac{s_{D0}}{s_{eH}}\right)\right\Vert - \frac{1}{2} ln \left(\frac{s_{D0}}{s_{eH}}\right)\] The saturation degree $S_w$ can be decomposed in an elastic part $S_w^e$ and a plastic part $S_w^p$: \[S_w = S_w^e+S_w^p\] The elastic part is defined by parameter $\kappa_H$ \[S_w^e=1- \frac{1}{\kappa_H}ln\frac{s}{s_{eH}}\] The plastic part is defined by: \[S_w^p=S_w^D-\frac{1}{\beta_H}\ln\frac{s}{s_D}\] The saturation degree cannot be higher than 1 or lower than $S_{res}$.
The entering air suction $s_{eH}$ evolves with the total volumic deformation: \[s_{eH}=s_e+\pi_H*\varepsilon_v\] In order to characterize the initial degree of saturation inside the hydric hysteresis, the RETINI parameter is used. At the initial state, for a given suction, if RETINI = 0, the point is on the drying curve; if RETINI = 1, the point is on the wetting curve. RETINI can also take a value between 0 and 1. In that case, the saturation degree is determined using a linear interpolation between the drying curve and the wetting curve.
ISR = 19 - idem as ISR = 5 with the addition of AIREV in the van Genuchten formulation: \[S_w =
\begin{cases} 1 & \quad \text{if } s < \text{AIREV} \\ S_{res}+(S_{max}-S_{res})\left(1+\left(\frac{s-AIREV}{CSR1}\right)^{CSR2}\right)^{-\left(1-\frac{1}{CSR2}\right)} & \quad \text{if } s > \text{AIREV} \end{cases}\]