The Research on the Hysteresis Curve Shape Characteristics of Frozen Soil

2014 ◽  
Vol 670-671 ◽  
pp. 382-386
Author(s):  
Ling Zhi Cui ◽  
Gao Min Li ◽  
Li Dong Qiu ◽  
Yi Ting He ◽  
Lei Mao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Stress Amplitude ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Frozen Soil ◽  
Hysteresis Curve ◽  
Short Axis ◽  
Curve Shape ◽  
Hysteretic Characteristics ◽  
Shape Characteristics

Under the effect of periodic cycle load, the frozen soil exists hysteretic characteristics. According to the research, the five parameters which are the residual strain , the numerical of short axis to long axis of the hysteretic curve , the slope of the hysteretic curve long axis k, the distance of adjacent hysteretic curve center point d and the area surrounded by hysteretic curve S are used to quantitatively represent the morphological characteristics of the hysteretic curve. The hysteretic curve of frozen soil is not a standard ellipse. Its morphological characteristics relate to the initial loading position. The morphological characteristics of the hysteretic curve of different soil affected by frequency, confining pressure and dynamic stress amplitude are different.

The Study on Dynamic Mechanical Response under Staged Loading

2014 ◽  
Vol 501-504 ◽  
pp. 115-119
Author(s):  
Fei Luo ◽  
Zhan Yuan Zhu ◽  
Lin Zhi Cui ◽  
Gao Min Li ◽  
Yi Ting He
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Residual Strain ◽  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Stress Amplitude ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical ◽  
Microscopic Damage

Based on MTS-810 type vibration testing machine, morphological characteristics of hysteretic curves of frozen clay are quantitatively studied, and dynamic mechanical response are analyzed consisting of stiffness, viscosity, degree of microscopic damage, residual strain and energy dissipation. The studies have shown that the higher vibration frequencies are, the greater the stiffness is, while the smaller viscosity, the degree of microscopic damage, residual strain and energy dissipation are. Stiffness, viscosity, degree of microscopic damage, residual strain and energy dissipation are less affected by confining pressure. With increasing dynamic stress amplitude, stiffness decreases gradually, while viscosity, degree of microscopic damage, residual strain and energy dissipation increase gradually.

scholarly journals Undrained Dynamic Behavior of Reinforced Subgrade under Long-Term Cyclic Loading

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Geng ◽  
Debin Wang ◽  
Peiyong Li
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
Vibration Frequency ◽  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Stress Amplitude ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Reinforced Soil ◽  
Dynamic Elastic Modulus

To study the dynamic behavior of reinforced subgrade, a series of undrained cyclic triaxial tests of reinforced soil (the specimen a height of 50 cm and a diameter of 20 cm) were performed in this paper. The specimens were tested by varying confining pressure, vibration frequency, dynamic stress amplitudes, and reinforced layers. Orthogonal experiment is a better way to optimize the process of experiment. Impact on dynamic behavior of the reinforced soil specimens is discussed through orthogonal design of experiments in four factors and three levels. This study has demonstrated that the order of dynamic elastic modulus of reinforced soil is influenced by dynamic stress amplitude, frequency, reinforced layer, and confining pressure within changing in factor level. The dynamic stress amplitude has great influence on the dynamic elastic modulus of reinforced soil. The bearing capacity and dynamic elastic modulus of reinforced subgrade decrease slightly with the increase of dynamic strain. Frequency has an influence on the dynamic elastic modulus. It is shown that the cumulative strain of reinforced soil is related to the vibration frequency. The test results also exemplify the reinforced subgrade restrict lateral displacement of subgrade and reduce settlement of subgrade under long-term cyclic loading.

scholarly journals Experimental study on permanent deformation characteristics of coarse-grained soil under repeated dynamic loading

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huihao Mei ◽  
Sajjad Satvati ◽  
Wuming Leng
Keyword(s):  
Stress State ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Stress Amplitude ◽  
Permanent Deformation ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Deformation Characteristics ◽  
Permanent Strain ◽  
Coarse Grained Soil

AbstractPractical assessment of subgrade settlement induced by train operation requires developing suitable models capable of describing permanent deformation characteristics of subgrade filling under repeated dynamic loading. In this paper, repeated load triaxial tests were performed on coarse-grained soil (CGS), and the axial permanent strain of CGS under different confining pressures and dynamic stress amplitudes was analysed. Permanent deformation behaviors of CGS were categorized based on the variation trend of permanent strain rate with accumulated permanent strain and the shakedown theory. A prediction model of permanent deformation considering stress state and number of load cycles was established, and the ranges of parameters for different types of dynamic behaviors were also divided. The results indicated that the variational trend of permanent strain rate with accumulated permanent strain can be used as a basis for classifying dynamic behaviors of CGS. The stress state (confining pressure and dynamic stress amplitude) has significant effects on the permanent strain rate. The accumulative characteristics of permanent deformation of CGS with the number of load cycles can be described by a power function, and the model parameters can reflect the influence of confining pressure and dynamic stress amplitude. The study’s results could help deepen understanding of the permanent deformation characteristics of CGS.

scholarly journals Researches on the Constitutive Models of Artificial Frozen Silt in Underground Engineering

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yugui Yang ◽  
Feng Gao ◽  
Hongmei Cheng ◽  
Yuanming Lai ◽  
Xiangxiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Characteristic ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Strain Softening ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Constitutive Models ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Frozen Soil ◽  
Conventional Triaxial Compression ◽  
Shear Process

The researches on the mechanical characteristic and constitutive models of frozen soil have important meanings in structural design of deep frozen soil wall. In the present study, the triaxial compression and creep tests have been carried out, and the mechanical characteristic of frozen silt is obtained. The experiment results show that the deformation characteristic of frozen silt is related to confining pressure under conventional triaxial compression condition. The frozen silt presents strain softening in shear process; with increase of confining pressure, the strain softening characteristic gradually decreases. The creep curves of frozen silt present the decaying and the stable creep stages under low stress level; however, under high stress level, once the strain increases to a critical value, the creep strain velocity gradually increases and the specimen quickly happens to destroy. To reproduce the deformation behavior, the disturbed state elastoplastic and new creep constitutive models of frozen silt are developed. The comparisons between experimental results and calculated results from constitutive models show that the proposed constitutive models could describe the conventional triaxial compression and creep deformation behaviors of frozen silt.

scholarly journals Resilient modulus and cumulative plastic strain of frozen silty clay under dynamic aircraft loading

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolan Liu ◽  
Xianmin Zhang ◽  
Xiaojiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Resilient Modulus ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Frozen Soil ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Cumulative Plastic Strain ◽  
Construction Operation ◽  
Compaction Degree

AbstractThis paper describes an investigation into the factors influencing the resilient modulus and cumulative plastic strain of frozen silty clay. A series of dynamic triaxial tests are conducted to analyze the influence of the temperature, confining pressure, frequency, and compaction degree on the resilient modulus and cumulative plastic strain of frozen silty clay samples. The results show that when the temperature is below − 5 °C, the resilient modulus decreases linearly, whereas when the temperature is above − 5 °C, the resilient modulus decreases according to a power function. The resilient modulus increases logarithmically when the frequency is less than 2 Hz and increases linearly once the frequency exceeds 2 Hz. The resilient modulus increases as the confining pressure and compaction degree increase. The cumulative plastic strain decreases as the temperature decreases and as the confining pressure, frequency, and compaction degree increase. The research findings provide valuable information for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, safety, and management of airport engineering in frozen soil regions.

scholarly journals Experimental Research on Deformation Characteristics of Using Silty Clay Modified Oil Shale Ash and Fly Ash as the Subgrade Material after Freeze-Thaw Cycles

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 5141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei ◽  
Li ◽  
Han ◽  
Han ◽  
Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Stress Ratio ◽  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Loading Frequency ◽  
Axial Deformation ◽  
Cumulative Strain ◽  
Cumulative Plastic Strain ◽  
Shale Ash

To achieve the purposes of disposing industry solid wastes and enhancing the sustainability of subgrade life-cycle service performance in seasonally frozen regions compared to previous research of modified silty clay (MSC) composed of oil shale ash (OSA), fly ash (FA), and silty clay (SC), we identified for the first time the axial deformation characteristics of MSC with different levels of cycle load number, dynamic stress ratio, confining pressure, loading frequency, and F-T cycles; and corresponding to the above conditions, the normalized and logarithmic models on the plastic cumulative strain prediction of MSC are established. For the effect of cycle load number, results show that the cumulative plastic strain of MSC after 1, 10, and 100 cycle loads occupies for 28.72%~35.31%, 49.86%~55.59%, and 70.87%~78.39% of those after 8000 cycle loads, indicating that MSC possesses remarkable plastic stability after 100 cycles of cycle loads. For the effect of dynamic stress ratio, confining pressure, loading frequency, and F-T cycles, results show that dynamic stress ratio and F-T cycles are important factors affecting the axial deformation of MSC after repeated cycle loads; and under the low dynamic stress ratio, increasing confining pressure and loading frequency have insignificant effect on the axial strain of MSC after 8000 loads. In term of the normalized and logarithmic models on the plastic cumulative strain prediction of MSC, they have a high correlation coefficient with testing data, and according to the above models, the predicted result shows that the cumulative plastic strain of MSC ranges from 0.38 cm to 2.71 cm, and these predicted values are within the requirements in the related standards of highway subgrades and railway, indicating that the cumulative plastic strain of MSC is small and MSC is suitable to be used as the subgrade materials.

scholarly journals New Structure for Strengthening Soil Embankments

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Fang Xu ◽  
Wuming Leng ◽  
Rusong Nie ◽  
Qishu Zhang ◽  
Qi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Shear Modulus ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Additional Stress ◽  
Dynamic Shear Modulus ◽  
Dynamic Shear ◽  
Critical Dynamic

A new prestressed reinforcement device (PRD) consisting of two lateral pressure plates (LPPs) and a reinforcement bar is developed to strengthen soil embankments by improving the soil confining pressure and providing lateral constraint on embankment slopes. The reinforcement effects of PRDs were demonstrated by investigating the beneficial effects of increasing confining pressure on the soil behavior via the performance of a series of large-scale static and cyclic triaxial tests on a coarse-grained embankment soil. The results show that PRDs can effectively improve the soil shear strength, bearing capacity, ability to resist elastic and plastic deformation, critical dynamic stress, and dynamic shear modulus, and empirical methods were also developed to determine the critical dynamic stress and initial dynamic shear modulus of the embankment soil. Moreover, 3D finite element analyses (FEAs) with an LPP width of 1.2 m were performed to analyze the additional stress field in a prestressed heavy-haul railway embankment. The FEAs showed that the additional stress at a given external distance from the border of an LPP first increased to a maximum value and then gradually decreased with increasing depth; the additional stress was transferred to the zones where the subgrade tends to have higher stresses with peak stress diffusion angles of 34° (slope direction) and 27° (longitudinal direction); and a continuous effective reinforcement zone with a minimum additional stress coefficient of approximately 0.2 was likely to form at the diffusion surface of the train loads, provided that the net spacing of the LPPs was 0.7 m. The reinforcement zone above the diffusion surface of the train loads can act as a protective layer for the zones that tend to have higher stresses. Finally, the advantages and application prospects of PRDs are discussed in detail. The newly developed PRDs may provide a cost-effective alternative for strengthening soil embankments.

On: “The influence of pore pressure and confining pressure on dynamic elastic properties of Berea sandstone,” by N. I. Christensen and H. F. Wang (GEOPHYSICS, 50, 207–213, February 1985).

Geophysics ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1016-1016
Author(s):  
G. H. F. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Pore Pressure ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Hysteresis Curve ◽  
Hysteresis Cycle ◽  
Berea Sandstone ◽  
Experimental Accuracy ◽  
Confining Pressures ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pressure Changes ◽  
Dynamic Elastic Properties

The authors present their results as if Berea sandstone were an elastic material; that is, velocities are given as functions of confining and pore pressure. In fact, most rocks are inelastic and velocities depend on the history of the confining and pore pressure, and not just on the present values. Some measurements of hysteresis were reported by Gardner et al. (1965). The confining pressure was cycled between two pressures [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for a fixed pore pressure [Formula: see text], following a fixed schedule of pressure changes, until repeatable values of velocity were obtained. (At any intermediate pressure the velocity measured for increasing pressure was different from the value for decreasing pressure, giving rise to a hysteresis cycle). When the same schedule of pressure changes for the differential pressure [Formula: see text] was followed by holding [Formula: see text] fixed and varying [Formula: see text], the measured velocities followed the same hysteresis curve within the limits of experimental accuracy. In brief, when hysteresis was taken into account, changes in pore and confining pressures were equally effective in changing velocity. In their article, Christensen and Wang do not refer to hysteresis; perhaps they would like to comment on its relevance.

Test of Dynamic Strength Characteristics of Lishi Loess

2013 ◽  
Vol 303-306 ◽  
pp. 2902-2907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nian Qin Wang ◽  
Xiao Ling Liu ◽  
Bo Han ◽  
Bo Tao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Dynamic Strain ◽  
Soil Consolidation ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Loading Test ◽  
Loess Slope ◽  
Effective Strength

Lishi loess is an important component of loess slope. To explore the structure and strength change characteristics of Lishi loess caused by shock (vibration) action, and to reveal the mechanism of loess slope catastrophe, the dynamic triaxial test was performed by using equivalent sine wave under strain controlling. The results show that:① There is an obvious stress relaxation phenomenon during the same cyclic loading test, the degree decreases with the increasing of dynamic strain and confining pressure. And the influence of dynamic strain variation on stress relaxation degree is less under high confining pressure than under low confining pressure;② Under a confining pressure of 40kPa, within 1% strain ranges, the needed dynamic stress to reach the specified strain is just 0.01kN, and the peak stress decreases with the augmentation of dynamic strain, when peak stress increases to 0.204kN, the sample is destructed; Under a confining pressure of 90kPa, soil radial particles are closely spaced, within 2% strain ranges also only a dynamic stress of 0.01kN is needed to reach the specified strain, and with the increase of dynamic strain, the samples are destructed when dynamic strain increases to 0.267kN. The dynamic failure stress of Lishi loess increases gradually with the increase of confining pressure, and the linear regression equation is бd=0.0011б3+0.1590, the correlation coefficient is 0.9944. ③According to Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, the strength parameters of Lishi loess in somewhere of the north of shaanxi are C=30.33kPa，φ=14°. Under the dynamic shearing action, the dynamic effective strength parameters are obviously less than static effective strength parameters, this indicates that the soil consolidation effect reduced and the particles displaced and occluded each other.

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