Sur le caractère thermo-extensif de la surface de charge d'un sol non saturé

A study of temperature influence on the yield surface for one unsaturated soil at constant suction is presented. Mechanical consolidation tests are realized at different temperatures on clayey silty sand. A specific triaxial apparatus for unsaturated soils with temperatures included between 30 °C and 60 °C is used. Experimental results show without ambiguity a thermo-extensive nature of the yield surface. The physical interpretation proposed calls for microscopic considerations on the menisci capillary evolution according to temperature and suction. To cite this article: F. Jamin et al., C. R. Mecanique 332 (2004).