Loess soil deposits are widely distributed in arid and semi-arid regions and constitute about 10% of land area of the world.These soils typically have a loose honeycomb-type meta-stable structure that is susceptible t...Loess soil deposits are widely distributed in arid and semi-arid regions and constitute about 10% of land area of the world.These soils typically have a loose honeycomb-type meta-stable structure that is susceptible to a large reduction in total volume or collapse upon wetting.Collapse characteristics contribute to various problems to infrastructures that are constructed on loess soils.For this reason,collapse triggering mechanism for loess soils has been of significant interest for researchers and practitioners all over the world.This paper aims at providing a state-of-the-art review on collapse mechanism with special reference to loess soil deposits.The collapse mechanism studies are summarized under three different categories,i.e.traditional approaches,microstructure approach,and soil mechanics-based approaches.The traditional and microstructure approaches for interpreting the collapse behavior are comprehensively summarized and critically reviewed based on the experimental results from the literature.The soil mechanics-based approaches proposed based on the experimental results of both compacted soils and natural loess soils are reviewed highlighting their strengths and limitations for estimating the collapse behavior.Simpler soil mechanics-based approaches with less parameters or parameters that are easy-to-determine from conventional tests are suggested for future research to better understand the collapse behavior of natural loess soils.Such studies would be more valuable for use in conventional geotechnical engineering practice applications.展开更多
砾类土是新疆绿洲-荒漠区常用的一种路基填料,因此有必要研究其在交通荷载作用下的动本构关系。通过动三轴研究了不同工况时砾类土的动本构关系,发现可以采用R.L.Kondner双曲线模型对砾类土的动本构关系进行描述,并得出了不同工况时模...砾类土是新疆绿洲-荒漠区常用的一种路基填料,因此有必要研究其在交通荷载作用下的动本构关系。通过动三轴研究了不同工况时砾类土的动本构关系,发现可以采用R.L.Kondner双曲线模型对砾类土的动本构关系进行描述,并得出了不同工况时模型参数。基于试验结果分析了含水率、围压、压实度、初始静偏应力和循环荷载作用频率等因素对砾类土动本构关系的影响规律,得出了含水率和最佳含水率越接近,围压越大、压实度越高,砾类土动本构关系曲线越接近应力轴,初始静偏应力为0 k Pa和10 k Pa的动本构关系曲线较接近,动荷载作用频率为1 Hz和2Hz的动本构关系曲线也较接近。研究成果对新疆绿洲-荒漠区砾类土路基的应用具有重要的参考价值。展开更多
基金the Chinese Scholarship Council,which funded her Joint Ph D research programthe support from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)for his research programsthe Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology for supporting his research program(grant No.2014CB744701)
文摘Loess soil deposits are widely distributed in arid and semi-arid regions and constitute about 10% of land area of the world.These soils typically have a loose honeycomb-type meta-stable structure that is susceptible to a large reduction in total volume or collapse upon wetting.Collapse characteristics contribute to various problems to infrastructures that are constructed on loess soils.For this reason,collapse triggering mechanism for loess soils has been of significant interest for researchers and practitioners all over the world.This paper aims at providing a state-of-the-art review on collapse mechanism with special reference to loess soil deposits.The collapse mechanism studies are summarized under three different categories,i.e.traditional approaches,microstructure approach,and soil mechanics-based approaches.The traditional and microstructure approaches for interpreting the collapse behavior are comprehensively summarized and critically reviewed based on the experimental results from the literature.The soil mechanics-based approaches proposed based on the experimental results of both compacted soils and natural loess soils are reviewed highlighting their strengths and limitations for estimating the collapse behavior.Simpler soil mechanics-based approaches with less parameters or parameters that are easy-to-determine from conventional tests are suggested for future research to better understand the collapse behavior of natural loess soils.Such studies would be more valuable for use in conventional geotechnical engineering practice applications.
文摘砾类土是新疆绿洲-荒漠区常用的一种路基填料,因此有必要研究其在交通荷载作用下的动本构关系。通过动三轴研究了不同工况时砾类土的动本构关系,发现可以采用R.L.Kondner双曲线模型对砾类土的动本构关系进行描述,并得出了不同工况时模型参数。基于试验结果分析了含水率、围压、压实度、初始静偏应力和循环荷载作用频率等因素对砾类土动本构关系的影响规律,得出了含水率和最佳含水率越接近,围压越大、压实度越高,砾类土动本构关系曲线越接近应力轴,初始静偏应力为0 k Pa和10 k Pa的动本构关系曲线较接近,动荷载作用频率为1 Hz和2Hz的动本构关系曲线也较接近。研究成果对新疆绿洲-荒漠区砾类土路基的应用具有重要的参考价值。
