Shear strength behavior of crude oil contaminated sand-concrete interface

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirhossein Mohammadi ◽  
Taghi Ebadi ◽  
Abolfazl Eslami
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 365-374
Author(s):  
Amir Hossein Mohammadi ◽  
Taghi Ebadi ◽  
Mehrdad Ahmadi ◽  
Arash Aliasghar

A laboratory investigation into crude oil contaminated sand-concrete interface behavior is performed. The interface tests were carried out through a direct shear apparatus. Pure sand and sand-bentonite mixture with different crude oil contents and three concrete surfaces of different textures (smooth, semi-rough, and rough) were examined. The experimental results showed that the concrete surface texture is an effective factor in soil-concrete interface shear strength. The interface shear strength of the rough concrete surface was found higher than smooth and semi-rough concrete surfaces. In addition to the texture, the normal stress and the crude oil content also play important roles in interface shear strength. Moreover, the friction angle decreases with increasing crude oil content due to increase of oil concentration in soil and it increases with increasing interface roughness.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Ildikó Buocz ◽  
Nikoletta Rozgonyi-Boissinot ◽  
Ákos Török

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
F A M Marinho ◽  
O M Oliveira ◽  
H Adem ◽  
S Vanapalli

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1251
Author(s):  
Tao Luo ◽  
Chi Zhang ◽  
Xiangtian Xu ◽  
Yanjun Shen ◽  
Hailiang Jia ◽  
...  

Frost damage of concrete has significant effects on the safety and durability of concrete structures in cold regions, and the concrete structures after repair and reinforcement are still threatened by cyclic freezing and thawing. In this study, the new-to-old concrete interface was reinforced by steel bar. The shear strength of the new-to-old concrete interface was tested after the new-to-old combination was subjected to cyclic freeze–thaw. The effects of the diameter of the steel bar, the compressive strength of new concrete, the number of freeze–thaw cycles and the freezing temperatures on the shear properties of new-to-old concrete interface were studied. The results showed that, in a certain range, the shear strength of the interface was proportional to the diameter of the steel bar and the strength of the new concrete. Meanwhile, the shear strength of the reinforced interface decreased with the decreasing of the freezing temperature and the increasing of the number of freeze–thaw cycles.


Author(s):  
Yu Qian ◽  
Debakanta Mishra ◽  
Erol Tutumluer ◽  
Youssef M. A. Hashash ◽  
Jamshid Ghaboussi

Ballast consisting of large sized aggregate particles with uniform size distribution is an essential component of the track substructure, to facilitate load distribution and drainage. As freight tonnage accumulates with traffic, ballast will accumulate an increasing percentage of fines due to either aggregate breakdown or outside contamination such as subgrade soil intrusion and coal dust collection. According to the classical text by Selig and Waters [1], ballast degradation from traffic involves up to 76% of all fouling cases; voids will be occupied by fines from the bottom of ballast layer gradually causing ballast clogging and losing its drainage ability. When moisture is trapped within ballast, especially fouled ballast, ballast layer stability is compromised. In the recent studies at the University of Illinois, the focus has been to evaluate behavior of fouled ballast due to aggregate degradation using large scale triaxial testing. To investigate the effects of moisture on degraded ballast, fouled ballast was generated in the laboratory through controlled Los Angeles (LA) abrasion tests intended to mimic aggregate abrasion and breakdown and generate fouled ballast at compositions similar to those observed in the field due to repeated train loadings. Triaxial shear strength tests were performed on the fouled ballast at different moisture contents. Important findings of this preliminary study on characterizing wet fouled ballast are presented in this paper. Moisture was found to have a significant effect on the fouled ballast strength behavior. Adding a small amount of 3% moisture (by weight of particles smaller than 3/8 in. size or smaller than 9.5 mm) caused test specimens to indicate approximately 50% decrease in shear strength of the dry fouled ballast. Wet fouled ballast samples peaked at significantly lower maximum deviator stress values at relatively smaller axial strains and remained at these low levels as the axial strain was increased.


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