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 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 Cyclic Degradation Characteristics of Undisturbed Soft Clay considering Anisotropy

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Miaomiao Sun ◽  
Jiangang Yu ◽  
Shaoheng He ◽  
Zhi Ding
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Stress Ratio ◽  
Soft Clay ◽  
Stress Path ◽  
Cyclic Stress ◽  
Loading Frequency ◽  
Degradation Index ◽  
Cyclic Stress Ratio ◽  
Stress Ratios ◽  
Logarithmic Relationship

The stress-strain characteristics of soil depend primarily on the previous stress history and stress path, thus related to both the stress magnitude and direction. To have a better understanding of the response of soft clay under heart-shaped stress paths, 18 cyclic hollow cylinders tests were performed on undisturbed Hangzhou soft clay under different cyclic stress ratios, deviatoric consolidation ratios (K0), and loading frequencies. The result shows that as the vertical dynamic stress amplitude, K0 value, and loading frequency increase, the degradation index gradually decreases. Moreover, the degradation index of the soil under the cyclic torsion shear (CTS) test is always higher than that under the cyclic triaxial (CT) test. The increase in the amplitude of the cyclic stress ratio (CSR), K0 value, and the decrease in the loading frequency will promote the initial accumulative plastic strain and accelerate the failure rate of the soil sample; it shows that the effects of cyclic stress ratio amplitude, deviatoric consolidation ratios K0, and loading frequency on the accumulative plastic deformation of soil cannot be ignored. On the basis of the test results, a logarithmic relationship between the degradation index and the loading frequency is determined. A new empirical formula of accumulative plastic strain degradation of soft clay has been established, and its accuracy has been further verified by test data. The research results can provide theories for predicting and calculating the long-term settlement and deformation of clay foundation.

Experimental Research on Dynamic Poisson’s Ratio of Silty Clay

2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 286-292
Author(s):  
Hua Pan ◽  
Guo Xing Chen ◽  
Tian Sun
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strain ◽  
Poisson’S Ratio ◽  
Stress Ratio ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Poisson's Ratio ◽  
Cyclic Loads ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Shear Tests ◽  
Torsional Shear ◽  
Hollow Cylinder Apparatus

Cyclic triaxial and cyclic torsional shear tests were performed on undisturbed marine silty clay by the hollow cylinder apparatus, and the Young’s modulus and shear modulus were obtained respectively. Furthermore, the influence of effective confining pressure and stress ratio on dynamic Poisson’s ratio was investigated on this basis. It was found that the dynamic Poisson’s ratio increases with generalized shear strain, but decreases with increasing effective confining pressure and stress ratio. The effect of effective confining pressure and stress ratio on dynamic Poisson’s ratio was weakened as the generalized shear strain was increasing. The dynamic Poisson’s ratio was about 0.48 when the Poisson’s ratio was increased to 1.8E-2 or so, and the test was terminated. There was no shear dilatation during all tests because the Poisson’s ratios were smaller than 0.5. It indicates that the marine silty clay tested in this paper has a good stability under cyclic loads.

scholarly journals Critical Dynamic Stress and Accumulative Deformation Evolution of Embankment Silty Clay Subjected to Cyclic Freeze-Thaw

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Lina Wang ◽  
Zhiyu Weng ◽  
Tianliang Wang ◽  
Qiang Liu ◽  
Guoyu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Permanent Deformation ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Cold Regions ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
Critical Dynamic ◽  
Permanent Settlement ◽  
Embankment Stability

In cold regions, the permanent settlement of embankment is mainly caused by the repeated freeze-thaw process and long-term repeated train loads. Meanwhile, the critical dynamic stress (σdcr) is an important parameter index for determining embankment stability. Therefore, the accumulative permanent deformation evolution and critical dynamic stress of embankment soil subjected to cyclic freeze-thaw were studied using dynamic triaxial tests. Firstly, a numerical model for calculating critical dynamic stress considering the repeated freeze-thaw process was proposed, which shows that the critical dynamic stress of embankment soil rapidly decreases in the first two repeated freeze-thaw cycles, whereas it tends to be stable after the subsequent freeze-thaw process. Next, based on the normalization of the critical dynamic stress, an explicit model for predicting accumulative plastic strain (εp) of embankment soil was established. The above model considers freeze-thaw times, repeated dynamic stress amplitude (σd), and loading times, in which all material parameters of Qinghai-Tibet silty clay were presented. Thus, the critical dynamic stress and accumulative plastic strain models established in this paper can be applied to judge the embankment stability and predict the embankment settlement induced by train loads in cold regions.

Effect of Stress Ratio on the Cumulative Value of Energy Dissipation

2014 ◽  
Vol 598 ◽  
pp. 125-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Ligaj
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Stress Ratio ◽  
Constant Amplitude ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Similar Nature ◽  
Plastic Strain Energy ◽  
Cumulative Plastic Strain ◽  
The Relationship

Aim of this work is to analyze the stress-strain loops recorded during the study c45 steel under programmable stress for constant amplitude loads of the stress ratio: R = -2.0, R = -1.0 and R = -0.5. The results presented in the paper of cumulative plastic strain energy show that the nature of the relationship ΣΔWpl-N for loads of different values of stress ratio R is similar. Course of changes of relationship ΣΔWpl-N for loads with R = -0.5 and R = -2.0 shows a similar nature and range of changes in the value ΣΔWpl, despite significantly different parameters of load.

Cumulative Strain Behaviour of Saturated Clay Under Transit Cyclic Loading

2011 ◽  
Vol 422 ◽  
pp. 409-415
Author(s):  
Shun Hua Zhou ◽  
Jing Shan Shi ◽  
Quan Mei Gong ◽  
Chang Ji
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Pore Pressure ◽  
Triaxial Test ◽  
Cyclic Stress ◽  
Calculation Model ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Cyclic Stress Ratio ◽  
Dynamic Triaxial Test ◽  
Cumulative Strain ◽  
Cumulative Plastic Strain

Based on the dynamic triaxial test of typical soils in Hangzhou area, the existed empirical calculation formulas of cumulative pore pressure and cumulative plastic strain are analyzed to recharacterized variables such as the cyclic stress ratio and the static deviator stress, therefor the modified formulas are proposed. Parameters of cumulative deformation calculation model that suitable for this area are also determined according to dynamic triaxial tests. Thereafter the modified formulas is applied in a subway project under construction in Hangzhou. Results show that both the the cumulative plastic strain and cumulative pore pressure in dynamic triaxial test have the power exponential function relationship with the vibration number, and an inflection point appears in curve when amounts to approximately 1000. The improved formulas basicly tally with test results, of which the cumulative plastic strain formula coinsides better. The formulas work well in calculating the long-term settlement of subway projects in Hangzhou area.

scholarly journals Test study on the influences of dynamic stress and load history to the dynamic properties of the remolded red clay

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Li ◽  
Shang-Xiong Chen ◽  
Ling-Fa Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Vibration Frequency ◽  
Traffic Engineering ◽  
Dynamic Stress ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Dynamic Strength ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Red Clay ◽  
Factors Affecting

The dynamic properties of subgrade materials are critical factors affecting stability within the traffic engineering discipline. Remolded red clays are frequently used as subgrade filling materials, however, to date, a paucity of data exist on to the dynamic properties of this material. Accordingly, a large number of dynamic triaxial tests under cyclic loads were carried out to quantify the suitability of remolded red clay as subgrade filling. Several potentially influencing dynamic factors were considered, including dynamic stress, vibration frequency, consolidation confining pressure, consolidation ratio and compactness. Plastic strain and dynamic strength curves of remolded red clays under varying dynamic loads and load histories have been developed, in addition to the inclusion of those influencing factors. Test results show that within the range not exceeding the inherent strength of the test samples, increases soil compactness, confining pressure, and vibration frequency serves to enhance overall dynamic power in concurrence with retarding the development of accumulated plastic strain. Conversely, an improvement in the amplitude of the dynamic stress and consolidation ratio was shown to cause a decrease in dynamic strength and acceleration in the development of accumulated plastic strain. An empirical equation relating critical dynamic strength and load histories of remolded red clay has been developed for the provision of fundamental reference data for future studies. Pruebas sobre la influencia de la carga dinámica y la historia de carga en las propiedades dinámicas de arcilla roja reestructurada ResumenLas propiedades dinámicas de los materiales de base son factores cruciales que afectan la estabilidad en la ingeniería de tráfico. La arcilla roja reestructurada se utiliza frecuentemente como material de relleno de bases, sin embargo, hasta la fecha, existe una escasez de información sobre las propiedades dinámicas de este material. De acuerdo con esto, se realizó un gran número de pruebas triaxiales dinámicas bajo cargas cíclicas para cuantificar la pertinencia de la arcilla roja reestructurada como material de relleno en bases. Se consideraron varios factores dinámicos que podrían ser determinantes, como la fuerza dinámica, la frecuencia de vibración, la presión de confinamiento, el índice de consolidación y la compactibilidad. Se desarrollaron las curvas de fuerza plástica y dinámica de arcilla roja reestructurada con varias cargas dinámicas e historia de cargas, además de la inclusión de los factores determinantes. El resultado de las pruebas muestra que dentro del rango de la fuerza inherente a las muestras de estudio, el incremento de la compactibilidad del suelo, la presión de confinamiento y la frecuencia de vibración sirven para mejorar, en general, el poder dinámico al tiempo que retrasa el desarrollo de la fuerza plástica. Al contrario, el mejoramiento de la amplitud de la fuerza dinámica y el índice de consolidación muestra una reducción en la fuerza dinámica y una aceleración en el desarrollo de la fuerza plástica acumulada. Finalmente, se desarrolló una ecuación empírica que relaciona la fuerza dinámica crítica y las cargas históricas de arcilla roja reestructurada con el fin de proveer información de referencia para estudios futuros.

A Critical Review of Existing Hydrogen Diffusion Models Accounting for Different Physical Variables

2014 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Toribio ◽  
Viktor Kharin
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Continuum Mechanics ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Hydrogen Diffusion ◽  
Hydrostatic Stress ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Material Microstructure ◽  
Continuum Modelling ◽  
Physical Variables ◽  
Cumulative Plastic Strain

The present paper offers a continuum modelling of trap-affected hydrogen diffusion in metals and alloys, accounting for different physical variables of both macroscopic nature (i.e., related to continuum mechanics, e.g., stress and strain) and microscopic characteristics (material microstructure, traps, etc.). To this end, the model of hydrogen diffusion assisted by the gradients of both hydrostatic stress and cumulative plastic strain,stress-and-strain assisted hydrogen diffusion, proposed and frequently used by the authors of the present paper (Toribio & Kharin) is analysed in addition to other well-known models such as those proposed by (i) McNabb & Foster, (ii) Oriani, (iii) Leblond & Dubois, (iv) Sofronis & McMeeking, (v) Krom and Bakker, showing their physical and mathematical differences and similarities to account for different physical variables.

Cumulative plastic strain of frozen aeolian soil under highway dynamic loading

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 89-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Zhang ◽  
Chun-an Tang ◽  
Xiang-dong Zhang ◽  
Zhe-cheng Zhang ◽  
Jia-xu Jin
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Dynamic Loading ◽  
Cumulative Plastic Strain

scholarly journals Study on the Mechanical Properties of Chlorine Saline Soil under the Interaction of Multiple Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Anhua Xu ◽  
Pengcheng Wang ◽  
Jianhong Fang
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Mechanical Characteristics ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Dynamic Elastic Modulus ◽  
Dynamic Strain ◽  
Saline Soils ◽  
Loading Frequency ◽  
Failure Strength

The distribution of chlorine saline soils is extensive in Haixi region of Qinghai Province in Northwest China. Its natural and geographical conditions are unique, and the external environment varies greatly. To study the effects of variable external environment on the mechanical characteristics of chlorine saline soils, a number of unconsolidated undrained (UU) dynamic triaxial tests under different confining pressure, moisture content, and loading frequency were carried out. The dynamic stress–dynamic strain, failure strength, dynamic elastic modulus, and parameter of shear strength were analyzed. The triaxial test results demonstrated that the stress–strain curves of the soil were strain-hardening. The failure strength and dynamic elastic modulus increased with the increasing of confining pressure; the law with moisture content and loading frequency were inconsistent. The dynamic cohesion and dynamic friction angle increased with the increasing of loading frequency, but decreased with the increasing of moisture content. Besides, the significance analysis theory was used to analyze the effect degree of different factors. It found that the effects of confining pressure, loading frequency, and the interaction between confining pressure and frequency on mechanical characteristics were significant, but the moisture content had less effect.

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