Table 1.

Summary of 3-D generalization equations

ReferenceEquationM(θ)/∂θ at θ = ±π/6Convexity conditiona
Mohr-Coulomb (1776) M(θ)Mtc=33(Mtc+6)cos(θ)3Mtcsin(θ)Mtc(2Mtc+3)333Mtc(Mtc3)(Mtc+3)2unconditional
Drucker and Prager (1952)M(θ)Mtc=10unconditional
Single parameter Van Eekelen (1980) M(θ)Mtc=[10.85α sin(3θ)10.85α]0.229 where α=[k4.36710.85(k4.367+1)]20k > 0.610
Lade and Duncan (1975)M(θ)Mtc=sin[π313arcsin(κ127κ1)]sin[π3+13arcsin(κ127κ1 sin(3θ))]where κ1 is a calibration parameter0κ1 > 36.317
Gudehus (1973)/Argyris (1974)M(θ)Mtc=2k(1+k)(1k) sin(3θ)0k > 0.777
Willam and Warnke (1974)M(θ)Mtc=2(1k2) cos(θ+π6)+(2k1)4(1k2)cos2(θ+π6)+5k24k4(1k2) cos2(θ+π6)+(2k1)20unconditional
Jiang and Pietrusczczak (1988)M(θ)Mtc=(1+a1a)kk1+a1a+(1k)1a sin(3θ) whereaisaparameterwhichapproaches10k > 0.565
Matsuoka and Nakai (1974) 273M(θ)2=A[3M(θ)2+89M(θ)3sin(θ)(34sin2(θ))]   where A=273Mtc23Mtc2+29Mtc30unconditional
Jefferies and Shuttle (2011) M(θ)Mtc=1Mtc3+Mtccos(3θ2+π4)32Mtc23+Mtc0unconditional
this workM(θ)Mtc=1+k2+1k2sin(3a3R2(θ+a)2)  whereR is a calibrationparameterand  a=R2π218201.508 < R < 6.258 at k = 0.75; see Figure 10 
a

Note: In all cases it is assumed that Mtc/2 ≤ MteMtc or 0.5 ≤ k ≤ 1 which bounds the shapes between an equilateral triangle and a circle.

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