Geotubes are heterogeneous structures composed of filling sand and bag material,and its pemeability characteristics are different from that of flling sand.The uncertainty of geotubes permeability characteristics resul...Geotubes are heterogeneous structures composed of filling sand and bag material,and its pemeability characteristics are different from that of flling sand.The uncertainty of geotubes permeability characteristics results in the failure of seepage analysis of geotube dams,which restricts the safety assessment of the dams.As the basis of the study on the seepage mechanism of the geotubes,the influence of particle grading on pemeability cofficient of flling sand and sand covered with geotextiles were explored by the pemmeability tests of flling sand with different particle grading under the condition of sand covered with or without geotextiles.And the infuence of geotextiles on the permeability coefficient was analyzed by comparing permeability coefficient of sand covered with and without geotextiles.The test results show that the influence of single particle size content on permeability coe ficient is consistent under the condition of sand covered with and without geotextiles.The content of powder,fine,medium and coarse particles is linearly related to their respective permeability cofficients.And the content of powder,fine,medium particles is negatively correlated with their permeability coefficients,while the content of coarse particles is positively correlated with the permeability coefficient.But the pemeability coefficient of sand covered with geotextiles is smaller than that of flling sand under the same conditions.Finally,the parameter d2 50 Cc/Cu was selected as a variable representing the particle grading to fit the empirical formula of permeability coefficient of flling sand and sand covered with geotextiles.展开更多
基金The author(s)received funding for this study from Key Research Project of Natural Science in Colleges and Universities of Anhui Province(KJ2019A0640)and(KJ2018B09).
文摘Geotubes are heterogeneous structures composed of filling sand and bag material,and its pemeability characteristics are different from that of flling sand.The uncertainty of geotubes permeability characteristics results in the failure of seepage analysis of geotube dams,which restricts the safety assessment of the dams.As the basis of the study on the seepage mechanism of the geotubes,the influence of particle grading on pemeability cofficient of flling sand and sand covered with geotextiles were explored by the pemmeability tests of flling sand with different particle grading under the condition of sand covered with or without geotextiles.And the infuence of geotextiles on the permeability coefficient was analyzed by comparing permeability coefficient of sand covered with and without geotextiles.The test results show that the influence of single particle size content on permeability coe ficient is consistent under the condition of sand covered with and without geotextiles.The content of powder,fine,medium and coarse particles is linearly related to their respective permeability cofficients.And the content of powder,fine,medium particles is negatively correlated with their permeability coefficients,while the content of coarse particles is positively correlated with the permeability coefficient.But the pemeability coefficient of sand covered with geotextiles is smaller than that of flling sand under the same conditions.Finally,the parameter d2 50 Cc/Cu was selected as a variable representing the particle grading to fit the empirical formula of permeability coefficient of flling sand and sand covered with geotextiles.
