In recent years, the acceleration of urbanization in loess areas has prompted frequent dismantling and reconstruction of old urban areas. Demolition and reconstruction of buildings involve multiple collapses of the fo...In recent years, the acceleration of urbanization in loess areas has prompted frequent dismantling and reconstruction of old urban areas. Demolition and reconstruction of buildings involve multiple collapses of the foundation. To study microstructure evolution of loess under multiple collapsibility, this paper selects undisturbed loess samples from Guyuan, Northwest China for multiple compression tests. Using nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR) imaging and scanning electron microscopy(SEM) as auxiliary methods, a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses was used to study the microstructure of loess samples before and after various number of collapses under different pressures. Results show that the loess does undergo multiple collapse under 200 kPa pressure. Pore is an important reason for loess collapse. The initial collapse comes primarily from the compression of macropores and mesopores, and the second collapse comes primarily from mesopore compression. The compression process of loess can be roughly divided into two stages. First, under the action of dissolution and compression, the relative displacement of soil particles occurs. Macropores and mesopores are destroyed first, generating small pores. Second, with increasing pressure and times of collapses, pore compression gradually transforms into small pore compression. During the first collapse, particle aggregates disintegrate due to water and pressure. However, with increasing times of collapses, the contact relationship between particles gradually changes from the point contact to face contact. Loess particles tend to gradually become rounded. The study of the microstructure provides the possibility to further reveal the mechanism of multiple collapsibility of loess.展开更多
文摘传统测试土-水特征曲线(soil-water characteristic curve,简称SWCC)方法耗时较长,开发快速确定非饱和土的SWCC具有重要的实践意义。为了实现压实黄土SWCC快速预测,对不同干密度压实黄土进行了水势和水分测试,并且运用核磁共振(nuclear magnetic resonance,简称NMR)技术对其孔径分布曲线进行了测试。根据测试结果建立了基于孔隙比的延安压实黄土土-水特征曲线快速预测方法,并利用实测数据验证了方法的准确性。结果表明:预测模型中的分形维数D可用孔径分布曲线上两点(峰值点和半幅点)的累计孔隙体积与孔径在双对数坐标中连成直线的斜率确定;基于孔隙比和优势孔径在双对数坐标中的线性关系,D可用孔隙比进行表示。SWCC进气值受大孔隙直径控制;过渡段斜率受中孔隙体积控制;压实黄土存在一个临界孔径,而残余含水率主要受孔径小于临界孔径的孔隙体积控制,并且提出了求取残余体积含水率的经验方法。与传统方法相比,所提出的方法可以在确定SWCC时节省大量时间。
基金supported by Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.41931285)the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province,China (Grant No.2019ZDLSF05-07)。
文摘In recent years, the acceleration of urbanization in loess areas has prompted frequent dismantling and reconstruction of old urban areas. Demolition and reconstruction of buildings involve multiple collapses of the foundation. To study microstructure evolution of loess under multiple collapsibility, this paper selects undisturbed loess samples from Guyuan, Northwest China for multiple compression tests. Using nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR) imaging and scanning electron microscopy(SEM) as auxiliary methods, a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses was used to study the microstructure of loess samples before and after various number of collapses under different pressures. Results show that the loess does undergo multiple collapse under 200 kPa pressure. Pore is an important reason for loess collapse. The initial collapse comes primarily from the compression of macropores and mesopores, and the second collapse comes primarily from mesopore compression. The compression process of loess can be roughly divided into two stages. First, under the action of dissolution and compression, the relative displacement of soil particles occurs. Macropores and mesopores are destroyed first, generating small pores. Second, with increasing pressure and times of collapses, pore compression gradually transforms into small pore compression. During the first collapse, particle aggregates disintegrate due to water and pressure. However, with increasing times of collapses, the contact relationship between particles gradually changes from the point contact to face contact. Loess particles tend to gradually become rounded. The study of the microstructure provides the possibility to further reveal the mechanism of multiple collapsibility of loess.
