Abstract
The dynamic properties of soil obtained from the torsional simple shear test (TOSS) are assumed to be uniform throughout the specimen. For some exceptional soils, this may hold true, but for the most majority of soils that we examine, it is obviously not the case, and this level of non-uniformity depends on the conditions in which the soil was formed. In this paper, we discuss a method of modelling inherently non-uniform soil specimens by representing them with elements that have an elasto-plastic simple Tresca material model with different properties (Elastic young modulus and yield stresses). The combination of properties that can simulate the nonlinear behaviour of the soil is found and calibrated using a model of the TOSS test built in the finite element software Midas GTS NX. Furthermore, the influence of rigid inclusions in the soil is studied and the results show an increase in stiffness with the increasing percentage of inclusion in the soil.