基于统一硬化参数的深海能源土本构模型

深海能源土是指含天然气水合物（俗称"可燃冰"）的深海沉积物,其本构特性的模拟对可燃冰的安全开采至关重要。首先分析了水合物对能源土强度、剪胀和软化等力学特性的影响机理,水合物饱和度越大,对能源土力学特性影响越显著。然后在修正剑桥模型的基础上,通过引入水合物的饱和度和统一硬化参数来修正屈服函数,以反映水合物对能源土强度、剪胀、软化等特性的影响,建立了能考虑天然气水合物胶结作用形成及退化影响的深海能源土弹塑性本构模型,推导了相应的弹塑性矩阵。最后,通过模拟结果与已有能源土三轴试验数据对比分析,表明模型能很好地预测能源土强度、剪胀和软化等特性,验证了模型的合理性和有效性。     

考虑水合物填充和胶结效应的深海能源土弹塑性本构模型

水合物的填充效应和胶结效应增大了能源土的密实性和强度,使能源土呈现出类似于密实砂土或胶结土的性质。在黏土和砂土的统一硬化模型(CSUH模型)框架下,总结了能源土的力学性质,引入压硬性参量描述水合物对能源土填充和胶结双重作用下的等向压缩特性,引入黏聚强度修正屈服函数并构建了黏聚强度的演变规律,利用状态参数调整剪胀方程,反映能源土剪胀、软化等特性对密实度的依赖性,从而建立能够描述能源土强度、刚度、剪胀与软化等特性的弹塑性本构模型。编制了模型的测试程序,把模拟结果与能源土室内试验结果进行对比。结果表明:提出的弹塑性本构模型能够较好地描述能源土的应力-应变关系、剪缩硬化和剪胀软化等力学特性。     

重塑超固结上海软土力学特性及弹塑性模拟

对典型上海软土重塑样进行了围压不变和平均主应力不变的三轴排水剪切试验,得到重塑上海软土在不同初始超固结比和围压条件下的应力-应变关系,弄清了超固结比、围压以及应力路径对重塑上海软土的变形和强度特性的影响;根据土体的应力-应变曲线得到重塑上海软土的临界状态应力比及内摩擦角。采用姚仰平等建议的基于伏斯列夫面的超固结土本构模型,并根据等向压缩及三轴排水剪切试验确定其模型参数,对保持围压和平均主应力不变的三轴压缩试验进行了模型预测。预测结果表明,此超固结土本构模型能较好地反映重塑超固结上海软土的变形和强度特性。     

黄土结构性力学特性研究与应用的探讨

大孔隙、高孔隙比、欠压密的非饱和黄土具有显著的结构性,结构性是影响土力学性质的关键因素。在讨论土结构性力学特性研究途径的基础上,从反映土的结构可稳性和可变性的综合结构势出发,阐述了反映力、水作用的黄土压缩变形结构性参数、应力结构性参数和应力比结构性参数,以及与土的物理性质指标对应的反映结构特征的构度。通过黄土的单轴抗压试验、非饱和直接剪切试验、三轴试验和真三轴试验,揭示了结构性参数和构度的变化规律,以及它们分别与强度指标之间的关系,提出了湿、剪变形过程等结构性临界状态的概念。将正常固结土视为结构性参数或构度等于1的无结构性土,在修正剑桥模型的基础上,考虑临界状态线和等向压缩曲线随结构性参数的变化,建立了结构性屈服面方程,为建立结构性弹塑性本构方程打下了基础。同时,阐述了黄土隧道围岩和黄土地基稳定性分析中应用结构性强度变化规律研究成果的途径,深化了黄土体稳定性分析的理论基础。     

基于微观力学机制的各向异性结构性砂土的本构模型研究

在岩土破损力学基础上,基于微观破损机制,提出了考虑各向异性的结构性砂土本构理论。采用Lade-Duncan强度准则考虑中主应力对抗剪强度的影响;采用考虑颗粒排列组构的各向异性状态变量A反映各向异性对土体强度和变形的影响;通过相似扩大重塑土的屈服面反映结构性对土性的影响;通过引入非相关联流动法则考虑各向异性和结构性对土体塑性变形的影响。同时,将基于微观力学机制的损伤演化规律引入结构性土的硬化规律;该硬化规律同时考虑了塑性体积应变和剪切应变对各向异性结构性土强度的影响。然后将该模型用于模拟室内三轴压缩试验,初步验证了该模型的合理性和适用性。     

上海第4层黏土力学特性的弹塑性本构模拟

上海第4层黏土是典型的结构性海相软土,用一个本构模型统一地模拟不同应力路径下的力学特性对数值计算具有重要意义。对UNIFIED模型的结构性及超固结发展函数进行了改进,并提出了一种确定原状土材料参数和初始状态的方法。为了验证修正模型的正确性,用块状取土法取得上海第4层原状土样,进行了固结试验和三轴排水、不排水剪切试验。通过比较试验结果和本构模拟结果,明确了新的本构模型仅用一组材料参数就能统一地模拟上海第4层黏土在固结、排水及不排水三轴试验得到的应力-应变关系。模拟结果揭示了上海第4层黏土的结构比较稳定,即使在经历三轴剪切发生35%轴应变后仍能保持较高位的结构性。     

基于微观胶结厚度模型的深海能源土宏观力学特性离散元分析

首先,引入蒋明镜等提出的考虑水合物胶结厚度的深海能源土粒间微观胶结模型,用以反映能源土颗粒之间水合物微观胶结接触力学特性;其次,采用C++语言将模型程序化,并将其引入离散单元法中;然后,对选定的水合物饱和度经过实际二维离散元模拟调算,得出相应的水合物胶结尺寸,以修正水合物临界胶结厚度、最小胶结厚度及胶结宽度,进而确定水合物微观胶结参数;最后,根据所确定的胶结参数,针对不同水合物饱和度试样进行能源土宏观力学特性离散元双轴试验模拟,并从应力-应变、体变、剪胀角等方面与Masui等所进行的能源土室内三轴试验进行对比分析。结果表明：采用考虑粒间胶结厚度的水合物微观胶结模型,能够定性反映深海能源土的宏观力学特性,能源土试样的峰值强度、黏聚力和剪胀角均随水合物饱和度的增加而增加,但水合物饱和度对内摩擦角的影响规律不明朗;能源土试样的峰值强度、残余强度及体积剪缩量随着有效围压的增大而增大;剪胀角随有效围压的增大而减小。     

三维离散元单轴试验模拟甲烷水合物宏观三轴强度特性

填充型水合物的砂性能源土试样可视为特殊的散粒体材料,即砂粒和水合物颗粒混合物,具有明显的非连续特征。为研究填充型水合物的能源土力学特性,初步探索了甲烷水合物在不同温度、反压条件下加荷模式的离散元模拟方法。离散元模拟中,将水合物块体视为由大量颗粒通过强胶结作用凝聚而成的整体,室内试验中的内部孔隙水压作用转化为水合物颗粒间的胶结力,故需要合理确定颗粒间胶结模型参数来实现反压的影响作用。通过参数反演建立了宏观强度、刚度参数与平行胶结模型的微观胶结参数间的宏、微观关系,基于已有室内甲烷水合物三轴试验资料,确定了给定温度和反压条件下的微观胶结参数取值,随后进行离散元单轴压缩试验。离散元单轴压缩试验模拟获得的水合物强度特性,与室内三轴试验结果符合较好;通过建立的宏、微观参数间的关系,实现了不同温度、反压下的水合物加荷模式的模拟。为进一步提出深海能源土离散元数值试验成样方法--孔隙填充水合物生成技术,形成含填充型水合物的能源土试样,研究其力学和变形特性奠定基础。     

考虑土体结构性的弹塑性硬化模型

在对人工制备结构性土样等应力比压缩试验结果分析基础上,确定出结构性土体初始屈服面形状和土体初始屈服后塑性应变增量的方向,推导出结构性土体屈服函数的表达式;硬化参数采用塑性功的函数,根据三轴排水剪切试验结果确定出土体的硬化规律。由此构建能反映土体结构性的弹塑性硬化本构模型,并用试验进行了验证。本文提出一种基于试验的建模方法,不依赖经典塑性力学理论的正交流动规则,并建立可考虑土体结构性影响的本构模型,对土体结构性研究具有借鉴意义。     

海口红黏土的结构性本构模型研究

土体结构性的数学模型是21世纪土力学的核心问题。由于土体微观结构的变化造成了重塑土与原状土的力学特性上的差异。采用应变型和应力型结构性宏观参数来表征这种微观结构的变化,同时将应变性结构性参数引入到等向固结过程中去,用以描述常规三轴试验中剪切前的等向固结过程以及剪切时球应力对结构性土体的影响。实现应变型和应力型结构性宏观参数对整个三轴剪切过程的描述。修正剑桥模型对正常固结重塑黏土的三轴压缩试验能做出准确地描述,但对超固结黏土及原状土,即具有结构地土体,则不能给出准确地描述。将应变型和应力型结构性宏观参数引入到修正剑桥模型中,实现修正剑桥模型的结构化。该结构性修正剑桥模型参数的确定方法与常规修正剑桥模型参数的确定方法相差不多,只不过多了球应力与土体结构性体应变的关系式、偏应力与土体结构性广义剪应变的关系式。经过数值模拟比较,结构性修正的剑桥模型能较好地反映原状土的结构性演化过程,能描述原状土结构的整个破坏过程,在多种应力路径下具有很好的预测作用。     

Study of mechanical behavior and strain localization of methane hydrate bearing sediments with different saturations by a new DEM model

This paper presents a numerical investigation into mechanical behavior and strain localization in methane hydrate (MH) bearing sediments using the distinct element method (DEM). Based on the results of a series of laboratory tests on the bonded granules idealized by two glued aluminum rods and the available experimental data of methane hydrate samples, a pressure and temperature dependent bond contact model was proposed and implemented into a two-dimensional (2D) DEM code. This 2D DEM code was then used to numerically carry out a series of biaxial compression tests on the MH samples with different methane hydrate saturations, whose results were then compared with the experimental data obtained by Masui et al. [9]. In addition, stress, strain, void ratio and velocity fields, the distributions of bond breakage and averaged pure rotation rate (APR) as well as the evolution of strain localization were examined to investigate the relationships between micromechanical variables and macromechanical responses in the DEM MH samples. The numerical results show that: (1) the shear strength increases as methane hydrate saturation S_MH increases, which is in good agreement with the experimental observation; (2) the strain localization in all the DEM MH samples develops with onset of inhomogeneity of void ratio, velocity, strain, APR, and distortion of stress fields and contact force chains; and (3) the methane hydrate saturation affects the type of strain localization, with one shear band developed in the case of 40.9% and 67.8% methane saturation samples, and two shear bands formed for 50.1% methane saturation sample.     

Discrete element analysis of uplift and lateral capacity of a single pile in methane hydrate bearing sediments

Methane hydrate (MH) is extensively found in outer continental margins where offshore infrastructures with pile foundations are also common. The presence of MHs significantly alters the mechanical properties of the host marine sediments, and therefore affects the behavior of piles inside. This paper presents an attempt to investigate the performance of a single pile in methane hydrate bearing sands in seabed using the distinct element method. A novel bond contact model was employed for sandy grains cemented by MHs at contacts, and calibrated from the triaxial compression tests on synthetic specimens of methane hydrate bearing sands. The response of the pile subjected to axial pullout loads and lateral loads was simulated under different subsurface conditions characterized by different saturation levels of MHs. The results show that the presence of MHs increases the uplift capacity of the pile by changing the failure mode of the soils from the perimeter failure to the conical failure. The uplift capacity of the pile significantly deteriorates as a result of de-bonding, while the onset of the rapid de-bonding triggers the softening of the uplift load. In addition, the lateral capacity of the pile largely increases due to the presence of MHs. The pile in methane hydrate bearing sands is considered flexible rather than rigid as a result of the increased deformation modulus of soils due to MH cementation between particles. The lateral load–displacement diagram of the pile in methane hydrate bearing sands is not as smooth as that in clean sands with an abrupt drop associated with the onset of de-bonding.     

不同破坏准则下水合物沉积物的统计损伤模型

利用连续介质损伤力学理论与概率统计方法,假设水合物沉积物微元强度服从Weibull分布,在现有室内三轴和直剪试验数据的基础上,考虑水合物饱和度的影响,分别建立了基于修正Mohr-Coulomb强度准则和修正Lade-Duncan强度准则的水合物沉积物统计损伤本构模型,并将理论模型预测结果与室内试验进行对比,验证了模型的有效性。结果显示：基于Lade-Duncan强度准则的损伤本构模型能够较准确地反映水合物沉积物峰前的应力?应变规律,而基于修正Mohr-Coulomb强度准则的损伤本构模型则对于模拟峰后的应变软化特征有较好的适用性。对于在低有效围压、不同水合物饱和度条件下的水合物沉积物,基于修正Mohr-Coulomb强度准则的损伤本构模型的模拟精确性要优于基于修正Lade-Duncan准则的损伤模型;而在同一饱和度、不同有效围压条件下,基于修正Lade-Duncan强度准则的损伤本构模型的模拟结果则要优于基于修正Mohr-Coulomb强度准则的损伤本构模型。     

含气水合物沉积物弹塑性损伤本构模型探讨

天然气水合物的开采会带来一系列的岩土工程问题,为了保障相关工程设施的安全,有必要建立一个合理的水合物沉积物本构模型。通过深入分析水合物沉积物力学特点,从颗粒间的作用机制出发,认为水合物沉积物的力学响应是沉积物中土体颗粒间摩擦与水合物胶结二者共同作用的结果;考虑到摩擦与接触特性不同的力学机制,分别采用修正剑桥模型和弹性损伤模型对土体骨架及水合物胶结的应力-应变关系进行描述;通过假定水合物胶结的损伤演化规律,并认为在受力变形过程中二者的应变始终相等,初步建立了一个水合物沉积物的弹塑性损伤本构模型。不同水合物饱和度沉积物应力-应变曲线的模型预测结果与室内三轴排水试验结果吻合良好,表明了所建模型的可行性和合理性。     

A bond contact model for methane hydrate‐bearing sediments with interparticle cementation

While methane hydrates (MHs) can be present in various forms in deep seabeds or permafrost regions, this paper deals with MH‐bearing sediments (MHBS) where the MH has formed bonds between sand grains. A bond model based on experimentally validated contact laws for cemented granules is introduced to describe the mechanical behavior of the MH bonds. The model parameters were derived from measured values of temperature, water pressure and MH density. Bond width and thickness adopted for each bond of the MHBS were selected based on the degree of MH saturation. The model was implemented into a 2D distinct element method code. A series of numerical biaxial standard compression tests were carried out for various degrees of MH saturation. A comparison with available experimental data shows that the model can effectively capture the essential features of the mechanical behavior of MHBS for a wide range of levels of hydrate saturation under drained and undrained conditions. In addition, the analyses presented here shed light on the following: (1) the relationship between level of cementation and debonding mechanisms taking place at the microscopic level and the observed macro‐mechanical behavior of MHBS and (2) the relationship between spatial distribution of bond breakages and contact force chains with the observed strength, dilatancy and deformability of the samples. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A constitutive mechanical model for gas hydrate bearing sediments incorporating inelastic mechanisms

Gas hydrate bearing sediments (HBS) are natural soils formed in permafrost and sub-marine settings where the temperature and pressure conditions are such that gas hydrates are stable. If these conditions shift from the hydrate stability zone, hydrates dissociate and move from the solid to the gas phase. Hydrate dissociation is accompanied by significant changes in sediment structure and strongly affects its mechanical behavior (e.g., sediment stiffenss, strength and dilatancy). The mechanical behavior of HBS is very complex and its modeling poses great challenges. This paper presents a new geomechanical model for hydrate bearing sediments. The model incorporates the concept of partition stress, plus a number of inelastic mechanisms proposed to capture the complex behavior of this type of soil. This constitutive model is especially well suited to simulate the behavior of HBS upon dissociation. The model was applied and validated against experimental data from triaxial and oedometric tests conducted on manufactured and natural specimens involving different hydrate saturation, hydrate morphology, and confinement conditions. Particular attention was paid to model the HBS behavior during hydrate dissociation under loading. The model performance was highly satisfactory in all the cases studied. It managed to properly capture the main features of HBS mechanical behavior and it also assisted to interpret the behavior of this type of sediment under different loading and hydrate conditions.     

天然气水合物沉积物力学性质的试验研究

利用研制的天然气水合物沉积物合成及力学性质一体化试验设备,以粉细砂土作为土骨架,分别对冰沉积物以及对四氢呋喃(THF)、二氧化碳(CO2)和甲烷3种水合物沉积物进行了室内合成和三轴剪切试验,分析和比较了这4种沉积物样品的应力-应变和强度特性,初步探究了冰和不同气体在水合物沉积物强度中所起的作用。试验结果表明：4种沉积物均表现为塑性破坏;围压越大,水合物沉积物强度越高;在水合物含量相同条件下,不同气体水合物会使水合物沉积物的强度不同。     

A densification mechanism to model the mechanical effect of methane hydrates in sandy sediments

Recent pore-scale observations and geomechanical investigations suggest the lack of true cohesion in methane hydrate-bearing sediments (MHBSs) and propose that their mechanical behavior is governed by kinematic constrictions at pore-scale. This paper presents a constitutive model for MHBS, which does not rely on physical bonding between hydrate crystals and sediment grains but on the densification effect that pore invasion with hydrate has on the sediment mechanical properties. The Hydrate-CASM extends the critical state model Clay and Sand Model (CASM) by implementing the subloading surface model and introducing the densification mechanism. The model suggests that the decrease of the sediment available void volume during hydrate formation stiffens its structure and has a similar mechanical effect as the increase of sediment density. In particular, the model attributes stress-strain changes observed in MHBS to the variations in sediment available void volume with hydrate saturation and its consequent effect on isotropic yield stress and swelling line slope. The model performance is examined against published experimental data from drained triaxial tests performed at different confining stress and with distinct hydrate saturation and morphology. Overall, the simulations capture the influence of hydrate saturation in both the magnitude and trend of the stiffness, shear strength, and volumetric response of synthetic MHBS. The results are validated against those obtained from previous mechanical models for MHBS that examine the same experimental data. The Hydrate-CASM performs similarly to previous models, but its formulation only requires one hydrate-related empirical parameter to express changes in the sediment elastic stiffness with hydrate saturation.