scholarly journals The effect of particle shape on the deformation and stress reduction of a gravel soil due to wetting

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Mahinroosta ◽  
Vahid Oshtaghi

AbstractThis paper investigates the effect of particle shape on the stress reduction and collapse deformation of gravelly soil using a medium-scale direct shear test apparatus under different relative densities, normal stress, and shear stress levels. A new method based on the Micro-Deval test was introduced to produce sub-angular particles from angular particles. Therefore, two series of soil specimens were obtained with the same rock origin, particle size distribution, and relative density but different particle shapes. In addition to traditional direct shear tests on dry and wet specimens, a specific test procedure was applied to explore the stress reduction and collapse of soil specimens due to wetting. The results of the tests, including shear stress–shear displacement and vertical displacement-shear displacement, were compared. The results showed that the stress reduction and settlement due to wetting increased with vertical and shear stress levels in both types of particle shapes, with higher values in angular particle shapes. The particle breakage of the soil specimens was also studied quantitatively using the change in the particle size distribution before and after the test. It was shown that the wetting of the samples had more impact on the particle breakage in angular gravel than sub-angular gravel, which increased linearly with the normal stress.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Mahinroosta ◽  
Vahid Oshtaghi

Abstract In this paper, the effect of particle shape is investigated on the stress reduction and collapse deformation of gravelly soil using medium-scale direct shear test apparatus under different relative densities, normal stress, and shear stress levels. The Micro-Deval test was used to produce sub-angular particles from angular particles with continuous smoothening of the corners of the particles. Two series of soil specimens were obtained with the same rock type, particle size distribution, and relative density but different particle shapes. In addition to traditional direct shear tests on dry and wet specimens, a specific test procedure was applied to explore the stress reduction and collapse of soil specimens due to wetting. For instance, dry soil specimens under several normal pressure were subjected to shear loading while inundated at several levels of shear stresses. The results showed that the stress reduction and settlement due to wetting increased with vertical and shear stress level in both types of particle shapes, with higher values in angular particle shapes. The wetting of the samples had more impact on the particle breakage in angular gravel than sub-angular gravel, which increased linearly with the normal stress.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Mingzi Xu ◽  
Changdong Sheng

The present work aims to develop a simple model for describing the particle size distribution (PSD) of residual fly ash from pulverized biomass combustion. The residual ash formation was modelled considering the mechanism of fragmentation and coalescence. The influences of particle shape and stochastic fragmentation on model description of the PSD of the fly ash were investigated. The results showed that biomass particle shape has a great influence on the model prediction, and a larger fragmentation number is required for cylindrical particles than that for spherical particles to get the same PSD of fly ash, and the fragment number of the particles increases with the shape factor increasing. For pulverized biomass with a wide size distribution, the model predicted ash PSD considering the stochastic fragmentation is very similar to that assuming uniform fragmentation. It implies that the simple model assuming uniform fragmentation is applicable for predicting fly ash size distribution in practical processes where biomass particles have a wide range of sizes. For the fuel with a narrower initial PSD, the stochastic fragmentation model generally predicts a coarser PSD of the residual ash than assuming uniform fragmentation. It means the stochastic fragmentation is of great influence to be considered for accurate description of ash formation from the fuel with a narrow PSD.


2007 ◽  
Vol 534-536 ◽  
pp. 1621-1624
Author(s):  
Yuto Amano ◽  
Takashi Itoh ◽  
Hoshiaki Terao ◽  
Naoyuki Kanetake

For precise property control of sintered products, it is important to know the powder characteristics, especially the packing density of the powder. In a previous work, we developed a packing simulation program that could make a packed bed of spherical particles having particle size distribution. In order to predict the packing density of the actual powder that consisted of nonspherical particles, we combined the packing simulation with a particle shape analysis. We investigated the influence of the particle size distribution of the powder on the packing density by executing the packing simulation based on particle size distributions of the actual milled chromium powders. In addition, the influence of the particle shape of the actual powder on the packing density was quantitatively analyzed. A prediction of the packing density of the milled powder was attempted with an analytical expression between the particle shape of the powder and the packing simulation. The predicted packing densities were in good agreement with the actual data.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 9547-9559
Author(s):  
Annika Feichtinger ◽  
Elke Scholten ◽  
Guido Sala

Particle size distribution and particle size ratio have an important effect on rheological properties of model chocolate samples, but also other factors like particle shape, surface roughness and hydrophilicity should be taken into account.


2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 497-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abouzar Sadrekarimi ◽  
Scott M. Olson

In this paper, particle damage of three test sands with different mineralogical compositions is studied using stress–displacement response measured in ring shear tests, particle-size distributions of the original sand prior to shear and from the shear band after shear, and by examining particle shape changes determined by scanning electron microscope. Particle damage during shearing produced a wider particle-size distribution, and damage typically continued until the normal stress was small (about 28 kPa) in constant volume ring shear tests and the internal stresses were distributed among sufficient particle contacts such that damage practically ceased. The dominant damage mechanism (typically either particle abrasion and shearing-off asperities or particle splitting) depended strongly on the soil response (i.e., contraction or dilation), particle hardness, and particle-size distribution, but both mechanisms produced particles that were more angular and rougher than the original sand particles. The magnitude of particle damage observed in the ring shear tests was influenced by the consolidation normal stress, shear displacement, particle mineralogy, particle-size distribution, drainage conditions, and soil fabric (in constant volume tests). Lastly, the influence of particle damage on engineering properties including hydraulic conductivity, liquefaction resistance, stress–strain response, friction angle, and critical state are briefly discussed.


Author(s):  
T.V. Karlova ◽  
◽  
D.O. Sv ◽  

The article is devoted to the analysis of parameters of medical technological equipment that take into account factors affecting the quality of manufacture of drugs. Factors such as particle size, particle size distribution, particle shape, particle surface properties, particle strength, which, based on the «Web» method, are used to analyze the «vibrosieve» technological equipment, are considered.


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