考虑吸力效应的非饱和黏土回弹模量预估模型

回弹模量是反映路基弹性支撑能力的重要指标,并受运营期间基质吸力变化的显著影响。通过3种压实黏土试样的土-水特征曲线试验和重复动三轴试验,研究了回弹模量与基质吸力的相关性,并基于非饱和土有效应力原理,提出了考虑吸力效应的回弹模量预估模型。结果表明：基质吸力与回弹模量之间具有较强的非线性相关性,可采用指数形式进行两者的拟合;含水率由最佳含水率-4%提升至最佳含水率+4%时,受基质吸力减小的影响,回弹模量降幅达到29.1%～39.0%;在 土-水特征曲线过渡区,采用以饱和度表征的有效应力参数,可较好地反映基质吸力对于回弹模量的贡献,预估效果优于采用残余含水率或进气值相关的有效应力参数;在相同饱和度的情况下,黏粒含量越多、塑性指数越高,基质吸力对有效应力的贡献比例越小。     

湘南地区红黏土动态回弹模量试验与预估模型研究

湘南地区广泛分布红黏土,它具有天然含水率高、孔隙比大及结构性强等特点,可用于特殊路基填料。为获得红黏土的动态回弹性能,利用动三轴试验研究了偏应力、围压应力和体应力对红黏土动态回弹模量的影响。结果表明：动态回弹模量随围压和压实度的提高而增大,随偏应力的增大而减小;动态回弹模量受含水率影响较大,并在最佳含水率附近达到最大值。基于试验揭示的动态回弹模量与应力的相关性,采用3种应力相关的典型动态回弹模量预估模型对试验数据进行回归分析,进而遴选出最佳预估模型。误差分析表明,对于湘南地区红黏土,考虑偏应力和围压应力的回弹模量预估模型具有更高的决定系数,能更好地拟合红黏土的动态回弹模量。动态回弹模量试验结果和遴选的预估模型将为湘南地区红黏土路基设计提供试验和理论依据。     

黄河大堤非饱和土土-水特性试验研究

模拟工程中非饱和土体的实际受力状态,利用改进的非饱和土三轴仪对黄河大堤非饱和土在不同围压条件下的土-水特性进行了试验研究。根据试验结果,分析了黄河大堤非饱和土体在外荷作用下土-水特征曲线及其变化规律。并对相应的土-水特征曲线模型进行了拟合,得出其拟合函数。根据土-水特征曲线可知,非饱和土的基质吸力随着土体所受周围压力的增大而减小,随着含水量的增大而减小;对于某一类土而言,在高含水量(含水量＞20 %) 时,土的基质吸力随含水量的变化较小,而在低含水量 (含水量≤20 %)时,土的基质吸力随含水量的变化较大。随着含水量的增加,非饱和土的工程性质向弱性变化。     

冻融粉质黏土的剪切波速与动态回弹模量及其转换关系

动态回弹模量作为评定路基性能及进行路面设计的重要参数,受土体自身物理力学状态及外部环境的显著影响而复杂多变,亟需一种高效简便的针对性监测方法。以压实粉质黏土为研究对象,开展了不同含水率、压实度和冻融循环次数下粉质黏土动态回弹模量和剪切波速试验,获得了冻融黏土的动态回弹模量、剪切波速及两者之间的转换关系。结果表明：土体动态回弹模量和剪切波速均与其物理状态紧密相关,二者都随含水率和冻融循环的增加而急剧下降,随压实度的增加而有所提升;土体的动态回弹模量还受到应力状况的影响,随围压增大而增大,随循环偏应力增大而减小,应结合实际受力状况选取相应动态回弹模量代表值反映路基的性能;采用三参数复合模型回归确定了冻融粉质黏土动态回弹模量预估模型,并建立了冻融粉质黏土剪切波速预估模型;据此构建了冻融粉质黏土动态回弹模量与剪切波速的转换关系,为实现基于剪切波速确定路基土动态回弹模量提供了理论支持。     

水泥改良高液限黏土动态回弹模量试验研究

利用动三轴试验,研究了水泥改良高液限黏土动态回弹模量的影响因素及其变化规律。研究表明,动态回弹模量随围压、压实度和水泥含量的提高而增大,随循环偏应力和含水率的增大而减小。为分析动态回弹模量的应力依赖性,研究采用了双因素方差分析。分析表明,偏应力与围压均对动态回弹模量有显著性影响,但偏应力的影响更为显著。鉴于动态回弹模量是偏应力和体应力的函数,在分析现有动态回弹模量本构模型适应性的基础上,采用偏应力和体应力为变量的3参数复合模型对试验数据进行回归分析,结果表明,所选模型具有较高的决定系数,证明所选模型具有较高的合理性与可靠性。研究获得了不同含水率、压实度和水泥剂量下水泥改良高液限黏土的动态回弹模量预估模型,为基于动力学的路面结构设计提供了参数。     

基质吸力变化引起的体积应变研究

与降雨有关的边坡表层变形位移,其根源是基质吸力降低引起的非饱和土体积应变。利用某滑坡体的原状样及其重塑样,分别在100kPa、200kPa围压作用下,采用单纯增加基质吸力的应力路径,对基质吸力引起的体积应变,进行试验测试。结果显示: (1)试样的体应变,随基质吸力的增大,单调增大,服从对数函数关系;(2)围压由100kPa增加到200kPa的试样体积模量,随基质吸力的增大,单调增大,服从幂函数关系;(3)与基质吸力有关的体积变化系数,随基质吸力的增大,单调减小,服从幂函数关系;并且当基质吸力大于200kPa以后,随基质吸力增大,体积变化系数接近于常数,约为0.0059左右。在此基础上,本文针对这种由单纯基质吸力变化引起的非饱和土体积应变规律及机理,进行了探讨。     

非饱和重塑黄土的土水特性及压缩屈服与湿陷性的研究

利用改造的非饱和土固结仪对Q_3重塑黄土分别进行了无应力作用的分级增湿试验和控制基质吸力的压缩试验,测试得到了土–水特征曲线和压缩应力–应变曲线,研究了饱和度与基质吸力和含水率与基质吸力之间关系、压缩屈服应力随基质吸力的变化规律和湿陷系数随基质吸力的变化规律。研究结果表明,非饱和重塑黄土的吸力较大时土的强度较大,其压缩变形较小,非饱和重塑黄土的结构屈服压力较大;非饱和土基质吸力一定时,随着压力的增大,湿陷系数呈现出先增大后减小的趋势;同一净压缩应力下非饱和土基质吸力越大,湿陷系数越大,吸力越小,土样的?_s(p=200 k Pa)越小,当?_s(p=200 k Pa)超过约0.1时,?_s(p=200 k Pa)与基质吸力(u_a-u_w)近似呈指数增加。     

剪切对非饱和土土-水特征曲线影响的探讨

用净平均应力和吸力等于常数、偏应力增大的三轴排水剪切试验，探讨了剪切对非饱和土水量变化的影响。试验结果表明，土-水特征曲线依赖于偏应力，改进了非饱和土中水量变化的本构关系，建立了含水量．吸力．净平均应力．偏应力形式的土．水特征曲线。     

脱湿状态下南京下蜀土的土水-力学特性

用经改造的GDS非饱和土三轴仪测得下蜀土在不同净围压下的变形特性和持水特性,并以van Genuchten模型对试验数据的拟合结果为基础,分析了净围压对下蜀土吸力应力特征曲线的影响,全面系统地研究了脱湿状态下南京下蜀土的土水-力学特性。研究表明,下蜀土的变形特性受净围压与基质吸力影响,基质吸力越高,下蜀土的压缩性越低,可以用二元指数函数本构模型分析孔隙比与应力状态变量间的关系。净围压使下蜀土持水能力增强,净围压与进气值呈幂函数关系。土的压缩性越高,净围压对其持水特性的影响越显著;随着净围压的增大,下蜀土孔隙比趋同,净围压对持水特性的影响逐渐减弱。外部荷载对下蜀土吸力应力特征曲线的影响是分段的,在边界效应区范围内,净围压增大时,吸力应力特征曲线间的差异逐渐减小;在过渡区范围内,吸力应力随状态变量变化的快慢程度不受外部荷载影响。根据双电层理论分析了高吸力时吸力应力的物理意义与计算方法,提出以界限有效饱和度作为吸力应力函数的分界点。     

吸力历史对非饱和粉土动力变形特性的影响

以非饱和粉土为研究对象,利用吸力可控的动三轴仪对其进行动力变形试验,得到了在不同净围压和不同吸力路径下非饱和粉土试样的骨架曲线、动弹性模量和阻尼比,研究了先脱湿后吸湿的吸力历史对其动力变形特性的影响。结果表明,在同一净围压和吸力下,非饱和粉土试样经历过先脱湿后吸湿的骨架曲线和动弹性模量比仅经过脱湿的要高,而试样经历过先脱湿后吸湿的阻尼比比仅经过脱湿的要小;此外,随着非饱和粉土试样经历过最大吸力的增大,其骨架曲线和动弹性模量增大,而阻尼比减小。试验结果可用非饱和土的平均骨架应力和弯液面水的表面张力作用来解释,并用两项联合预测非饱和土试样的最大剪切模量。     

On the Investigations of Resilient Modulus of Residual Tropical Gravel Lateritic Soils from Senegal (West Africa)

Investigations on the mechanical behavior of compacted gravel lateritic soils have been the subject of several studies. Used as road materials, soils tests were mainly performed using standard tests. Static loads as unconfined compression test (UCT) remain the only engineering approach used. Alternative testing techniques can be chosen as supplementary tests for characterizing pavement materials. These researches were conducted so as to determine the response of these particular and problematic soils in its compacted form with road traffic loads. This paper presents the results of research conducted to investigate the effect of the soil compacity on the resilient modulus of lateritic soils. The influence of the percentage of cement added so as to stabilize each sample at the optimum modified proctor (OPM) State was also determined. Soil big specimens of around 180 mm diameter (with length to diameter aspect ratio of 2:1) were prepared according to the standard procedure described by AASHTO T 307 and then were subjected to repeated load triaxial tests. The models used, analyzed and developed in this paper are mainly the Andrei and the Uzan–Witczak universal model. Test results showed that the specimen compacity has no significant influence on the resilient modulus of the investigated gravel lateritic soils. Soil specimens with variation of the percentage of cement added exhibited the highest resilient modulus values while the specimens with variation of the compacity exhibited the lowest values. The resilient modulus variation seems to be independent of the level of stress.     

高聚物堆石料回弹特性试验

基于中型三轴仪开展了高聚物堆石料回弹模量试验,分析了高聚物堆石料卸载－再加载的力学特性和回弹模量变化规律。结果表明：围压和应力水平对体积变化规律有明显影响,随着试验围压的增大,试样由初始状态的剪胀逐渐变为剪缩;高围压下,随着应力水平的增大,试样的卸载体缩量呈非线性增大;而围压在100 kPa下,卸载时表现为体胀,不同应力水平下的卸载体缩量相近且较小。平均回弹模量与初始模量的比值大约在3.9～4.2之间,应力水平为0.7条件下对应的回弹模量与平均回弹模量较为接近。高聚物堆石料的回弹模量满足邓肯-张模型关系,数值计算过程中回弹模量系数近似为初始模量系数的4.0～4.2倍。     

Effects of water and fines contents on the resilient modulus of the interlayer soil of railway substructure

This paper deals with the resilient behavior of the interlayer soil which is created mainly by the interpenetration of ballast and subgrade soils. The interlayer soil studied was taken from a site in the southeast of France. Large-scale cyclic triaxial tests were carried out at three water contents (w = 4, 6 and 12 %) and three fines contents corresponding to 5, 10 % subgrade added to the natural interlayer soil and 10 % fine particles (<80 μm) removed from the natural interlayer soil. Soil specimens underwent various deviator stresses, and for each deviator stress, a large number of cycles was applied. The effects of deviator stress, number of cycles, water content and fines content on the resilient modulus (M _r) were analyzed. It appears that the effects of water content and fines content must be analyzed together because the two effects are closely linked. Under unsaturated conditions, the soil containing high fines content has higher resilient modulus due to the contribution of suction. When the soil approaches the saturated state, it loses its mechanical enhancement with a sharp decrease in resilient modulus.     

Repeated Load Triaxial Testing of Recycled Concrete Aggregate for Pavement Base Construction

This paper presents the results and analysis of Repeated Load Triaxial Testing (RLTT) conducted on three basecourse products; two crushed concrete, or Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) materials, and a local Virgin Aggregate (VA). The objective of this testing program was to study the impact of applied stress states on resilient modulus and permanent deformation of the materials using the AUSTROADS RLTT approach (Vuong and Brimble 2000). A series of RLTT was performed under drained conditions on cylindrical specimens statically compacted at different levels of initial moisture content. The RLTT specimens were tested at 60, 80 and 90 % of Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) and to a single target dry density ratio of 98 % of Maximum Dry Density from Modified Proctor compaction testing. Duplicate specimens were tested for each moisture level. On sample measurements were made of sample deformation. It was found that the resilient moduli of the two RCA products ranged between 340 and 715 MPa, while corresponding moduli from tests on VA varied from 270 to 450 MPa. Resilient modulus was found to be dependent on both moisture content and applied stress. The two specimens of VA prepared at 90 % OMC failed during the permanent strain testing stages of the AUSTROADS test protocol. Moreover the recycled materials could be used as basecourses according to interpretation of the AUSTROADS RLTT data by Vuong and Arnold (2006).     

Effect of Matric Suction on Resilient Modulus of Compacted Aggregate Base Courses

This research was conducted to investigate the effect of matric suction on resilient modulus of unbound aggregate base courses. The study characterized the water characteristic curves and resilient modulus versus matric suction relationships of aggregate base courses that were compacted at different water contents and between 98 and 103 % of the modified Proctor density. The soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) and the relationship between resilient modulus (M _r ) and matric suction (ψ) were established for different unbound granular and recycled asphalt pavement materials. This relationship is important for predicting changes in modulus due to changes in moisture of unbound pavement materials. Resilient modulus tests were conducted according to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) 1-28A procedure at varying water contents, and the measured SWCC was used to determine the corresponding matric suction. Three reference summary resilient moduli (SRM) were considered: at optimum water content, optimum water content +2 % and optimum water content ?2 %. The Bandia and Bargny limestones are characterized by a higher water-holding capacity which explains why the modulus of limestone was more sensitive to water content than for basalt or quartzite. Limestones tend to be more sensitive to changes in water content and thus to matric suction. The shape of the SWCC depends on the particle size distribution and the cementation properties from dehydration of the aggregates. Material properties required as input to the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (M-EPDG) to predict changes in resilient modulus in response to changes in moisture contents in the field were determined for implementation in the M-EPDG process. Results show that the SRM was more correlated with matric suction than with compaction water content (for resilient modulus testing). The empirical models commonly used to predict the SWCC such as the Perera et al. (Prediction of the SWCC based on grain-size-distribution and index properties. GSP 130 Advances in Pavement Engineering, ASCE, 2005) and the M-EPDG (NCHRP in Guide for mechanistic-empirical design of pavement structures. National cooperative highway research program. ARA, Inc., ERES Consultants Division, Champaign, IL, 2004) models tend to underestimate the SWCC and cannot provide reasonable estimation. SRM normalized with respect to the SRM at the optimum water content varied linearly with the logarithm of matric suction. Empirical relationships between SRM and matric suction on semi-logarithmic scale were established and are reported.     

Effect of freeze—thaw cycles on resilient properties of fine-grained soils

Stress-deformation data for silt and clay subgrade soils were obtained from in-situ tests and laboratory tests, for use in mechanistic models for design of pavements that will experience freezing and thawing. Plate-bearing tests were run on in-service allbituminous-concrete (ABC) pavements constructed directly on silt subgrade, and on an experimental ABC pavement constructed on clay subgrade, applying repeated loads to the pavement surfaces while the subgrade was frozen, thawing, thawed, and fully recovered. The in-service pavement had experienced several seasons of natural cyclic freezing and thawing, while the experimental pavement was artificially frozen and thawed twice. Repeated-load laboratory triaxial compression tests were performed on the same soils in the frozen and thawed states.

Analysis of deflection data from the in-situ tests showed resilient moduli of the subgrade soils up to more than 10 GPa when frozen, as low as 2 MPa during the thawing period, and up to more than 100 MPa when fully recovered. Analysis of the laboratory tests, which gave moduli comparable to the latter values, showed that resilient modulus and Poisson's ratio in the thawed and recovering conditions can be expressed as a function of the stress state, the moisture content, and the dry density.     

压实黄土回弹模量试验研究

土基回弹模量是路面结构设计中一个非常重要的参数,直接关系到路面结构的安全性和经济性。室内振动压实是室内击实成型试件的一种新方法,能较好地模拟振动压实的特点。研究了压实黄土回弹模量与其干密度、含水率、稠度和压实度以及龄期等物理指标之间的关系,并分析了振动压实黄土的回弹模量与击实黄土的回弹摸量。研究结果表明,压实黄土的回弹模量与其干密度、含水率、稠度和压实度以及龄期之间有一定的相关关系。在推荐参数条件下,室内振动压实黄土回弹模量比室内击实的要大。