裁剪脉冲加载法中的地应力效应

本文在最新钻井致裂方法--裁剪脉冲加载法机理研究的基础上,进一步研究了该法中最重要的影响因素之一的地应力效应。通过理论分析、动力光弹性试验及高速摄影和大煤样试验,获得了地应力对孔边动力裂纹扩展的速度、方向,特别是对能量耗损影响的有规律性结果,为裁剪脉冲法的实际设计应用提供了理论依据。     

动态致裂过程的能量分析

本文从能量观点出发,对裂纹形成过程进行了分析,并以此为基础,讨论了各种致裂方法的原理和特点。     

A study of progressive failure of rock under cyclic loading by ultrasonic and AE monitoring techniques

Summary New experiments were conducted to expand the existing information on AE and pulse velocity changes. In this study, a few Hyderabad granites were subjected to uniaxial compressive cyclic loading conditions at room temperature. The laboratory tests were carried out by loading the rock to a constant stress maximum ranging between 40% and 80% of failure stress in the initial cycles, and then by progressively increasing the stress maximum, and also increasing the time gap between the cycles. Compressional wave velocity and amplitude changes were monitored in directions perpendicular to the applied stress, and acoustic emission event count data were recorded continuously until the fatigue failure of the rock.Rock specimens loaded cyclically to high stress levels, were in general found to fail after 10 to 12 cycles, at stresses corresponding to nearly 75% of the failure stress of intact rock. Deviations from the Kaiser effect were noticed when the stress maximum became comparable to the dilatant strength of the rock. The pulse amplitude and AE event counts were found to be sensitive parameters, to study the influence of cyclic stress, as well as the effect of the time gap between the cycles, on the microcrack development and progressive failure of rock.     

Contact mechanism of a rock fracture subjected to normal loading and its impact on fast closure behavior during initial stage of fluid flow experiment

Fast closure of rock fractures has been commonly observed in the initial stage of fluid flow experiments at environmental temperatures under low or moderate normal stresses. To fully understand the mechanisms that drive this fast closure, the evolution of local stresses acting on contacting asperities on the fracture surfaces prior to fluid flow tests needs to be evaluated. In this study, we modeled numerically the asperity deformation and failure processes during initial normal loading, by adopting both elastic and elastic–plastic deformation models for the asperities on a real rock fracture with measured surface topography data, and estimated their impact on initial conditions for fluid flow test performed under laboratory conditions. Compared with the previous models that simulate the normal contact of a fracture as the approach of two rigid surfaces without deformations, our models of deformable asperities yielded smaller contact areas and higher stresses on contacting asperities at a given normal stress or normal displacement. The results show that the calculated local stresses were concentrated on the contacts of a few major asperities, resulting in crushing of asperity tips. With these higher contact stresses, however, the predicted closure rates by pressure solution are still several orders of magnitude lower than that of the experimental measurements at the initial stage of fluid flow test. This indicates that single pressure solution may not likely to be the principal compaction mechanism for this fast closure, and that the damages on contacting asperities that occur during the initial normal loading stage may play an important role. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

不同围压下饱和砂土不排水循环扭剪试验研究

利用河海大学与日本圆井株式会社共同研制的一种新型的多功能静动三轴仪进行了不排水循环扭剪试验。通过对空心圆柱体试样的动力扭剪不排水试验研究了相同相对密度在不同固结围压下的动力不排水响应。试验初步研究了通过用初始有效平均正应力归一化的有效应力路径,归一化有效应力路径有很好的一致性。如果保持相同的剪应力比,由初始有效平均正应力归一化的有效应力路径不受初始有效平均正应力的影响。     

轨道交通振动下南京片状细砂的有效应力路径及破坏模式

以南京片状结构细砂为研究对象,采用英国WFI动静多功能三轴仪,研究了饱和南京片状结构细砂在列车振动荷载作用下静偏应力水平、循环应力比对其动力特性的影响;把振动孔压的发展与应力路径相联系,分析了循环荷载作用下不同阶段南京片状结构细砂所处的初始压密状态、压缩状态和膨胀状态的发生和发展过程;同时,根据静偏应力与循环偏应力的大小,视有无偏应力反向,南京片状结构细砂的破坏模式可分为循环活动性和塑性应变累积破坏,并对其循环活动性的机制进行了初步探讨。     

粗粒土的离心模型试验与数值模拟

岩土工程数值计算中粗粒土常采用邓肯-张本构模型,为了验证该模型在轴向加载、卸载、侧向加载等复杂应力路径条件下的适用性,进行了粗粒土的三轴试验获取其力学特性及本构模型参数;根据相似性原理制作了堆石坝的离心模型试样,并采用与三轴试验同样级配与粒径的粗粒土进行复杂应力路径的堆石坝离心模型试验,试验中通过改变离心加速度模拟加载、卸载,利用上游蓄水模拟坝体的侧向加载;采用ABAQUS对离心模型试验进行三维数值模拟,并研究了模型箱侧壁摩擦系数与土体的初始应力对数值结果的影响。通过比较离心模型试验与数值模拟成果,表明土体的初始弹性模量对计算结果影响较大,初始应力应选择自重作用下的应力场;邓肯-张本构模型能较好地描述堆石坝的加载应力路径,而模拟卸载应力路径有一定的差异,需要改进邓肯-张本构模型中卸载模量的确定方法。     

初始组构各向异性对砂土力学特性及临界状态的影响

采用离散元方法,利用半径扩展法和重力沉积法分别生成具有初始各向同性和各向异性内结构的试样,并开展三轴不排水压缩和拉伸试验,研究不同制样方法产生的初始各向异性对砂土宏微观力学特性及其临界状态的影响。运用组构张量对砂土的各向异性进行量化,分析不同初始组构各向异性对组构张量演化的影响并确定了组构张量的临界值。试验结果表明：初始组构各向异性对试样的剪胀性有重要影响,由于受重力影响形成初始各向异性,其各向异性程度越大、组构方向与加载方向越一致,剪胀性越显著;初始组构各向异性对试样的临界状态没有影响,砂土的组构张量具有唯一的临界状态值。     

分级加卸载下南海珊瑚泥一维固结长期变形试验及模型研究

南海珊瑚泥是珊瑚群体死后的骨胳、碎屑聚积形成的海洋岩土体钙质软泥,具有特殊的工程性状,研究其在荷载作用下与时间相关的长期非线性变形对吹填岛礁建设和长期稳定分析具有重要意义。对珊瑚泥进行了3组不同加卸载方案的一维固结压缩试验,通过改变加载时间与加卸载循环圈数探究应力历史对其长期变形性质的影响,并针对珊瑚泥在加卸载试验条件下呈现出的瞬时变形、延时衰减与延时稳定变形3阶段规律,采用改进的Burgers模型拟合不同竖向应力作用下的ε-t（应变-时间）曲线,具有较高拟合精度。同时分析模型参数后发现,随着分级加载时间提高,瞬时应变增量及其增长率下降,最终荷载下的延时衰减时间缩短,延时稳定应变速率及最终荷载下的总应变增量减小。同一加卸载循环圈数中,同竖向应力下卸载阶段的瞬时应变增量小于加载阶段。随着加卸载循环圈数的增加,加、卸载各阶段瞬时应变增量均减小且二者相近,延时衰减时间缩短,延时稳定应变速率及最终荷载下的总应变增量减小。研究了分级加载时间与加卸载循环圈数对珊瑚泥长期变形性质的影响,旨在为岛礁建设中的堆载预压方案提供理论依据。     

初始应力条件对松砂动力变形特性影响的试验研究

实际建筑物地基或土坡中土体在地震或波浪等复杂动力荷载作用前往往处于复杂的初始应力状态,而常规的土工动力试验通常无法再现这种复杂固结应力条件下土的动力特性。利用最新研制开发的土工静力-动力液压三轴-扭转多功能剪切仪,针对福建标准砂（ %）,进行了循环扭剪试验,探讨了初始主应力方向角 和初始偏应力比 等初始固结条件对松砂动剪切模量G和阻尼比 等动力变形特性的影响。     

Study on seismic behavior of nonplastic silt by means of ring-shear apparatus

The influence of static shear stress on undrained cyclic behavior of nonplastic and low-plasticity silts has been studied by means of undrained cyclic torque-controlled ring-shear tests. The cyclic and post-cyclic behavior of silty soils assumed on sliding surface were investigated to assess the liquefaction potential and cyclically induced deformation of silty slopes. Six different initial static shear stresses corresponding to slope angles from 0° to 25° were examined. To better understand undrained cyclic behavior of silt governed by a change in clay content, three different mixtures were achieved by mixing of nonplastic silt with 0%, 10%, and 20% of commercially available clay. These tests were conducted to simulate field conditions prior to earthquake with initial static shear stresses corresponding to slopes and those with no initial static shear stresses of level grounds. The gradual loss of mobilized undrained cyclic shear resistance after failure and pore water buildup in relation to a number of cycles was observed. The undrained response of the soil to cyclic shear stress loading with the constant amplitude revealed the significant effect of the initial static shear stress on the excess pore water pressure generation and post-failure shear resistance. Test results showed that an increase in the initial static shear stress at the given initial effective normal stress is associated with an increase of mobilized shear resistance at its peak state; however, the actual resistance to liquefaction diminished for both nonplastic and low-plasticity silts. During both cyclic and post-cyclic stages of loading, distinctly different types of shear deformation were identified. In order to evaluate mobility of landslides, a modified conventional brittleness index for seismic loading, , was proposed and used to characterize unlimited deformation of silts.     

复合地基承载特性的数值分析研究

采用三维有限元法进行复合地基承载特性的数值分析研究，首先分析一般单桩和复合地基中单桩的荷载传递特性，然后研究群桩效应中桩侧摩阻力、桩顶应力及桩身附加应力分布规律与特点，为复合地基的定量设计提供理论依据。     

Nonlinear three-dimensional analysis of reinforced concrete piles subjected to horizontal loading

A three-dimensional finite element approach is proposed to predict the response of reinforced concrete piles to horizontal loading. This approach allows the nonlinear effects arising from the soil–pile interaction to be properly accounted for. In particular, the occurrence of plastic strains in the soil, concrete cracking and steel yielding in the pile as well as the occurrence of slip and gap at the soil–pile interface are reliably simulated using appropriate constitutive models. Another advantage of the present method is that it requires few material parameters as input data. In addition, these parameters can be readily obtained from conventional geotechnical and structural tests. The proposed approach is used to analyse the results from some loading tests documented in the literature concerning a large-diameter pile and a large-section rectangular pile (barrette) embedded in sandy soils. The theoretical results from these analyses are found to be in fairly good agreement with the experimental measurements available from the loading tests. Remarks of practical interest on the response of the structures considered to horizontal loading are also made.     

Discrete element modelling of deep penetration in granular soils

This paper presents a numerical study on deep penetration mechanisms in granular materials with the focus on the effect of soil–penetrometer interface friction. A two‐dimensional discrete element method has been used to carry out simulation of deep penetration tests on a granular ground that is under an amplified gravity with a K₀ lateral stress boundary. The numerical results show that the deep penetration makes the soil near the penetrometer move in a complex displacement path, undergo an evident loading and unloading process, and a rotation of principal stresses as large as 180°. In addition, the penetration leads to significant changes in displacement and velocity fields as well as the magnitude and direction of stresses. In general, during the whole penetration process, the granular ground undergoes several kinds of failure mechanisms in sequence, and the soil of large deformation may reach a stress state slightly over the strength envelope obtained from conventional compression tests. Soil–penetrometer interface friction has clear effects on the actual penetration mechanisms. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Double fracture method ofin situ stress measurement in brittle rock

Summary A new technique, the Double Fracture Method ofin situ stress measurement, is described with regard to its theoretical principles and field instrumentation. The method differs from the hydraulic fracture method in that the loading fluid is prevented from penetrating into the induced fractures. In the new method, the loading pressure is raised to create a set of two mutually perpendicular microfractures on the borehole boundary. The principal stresses and their orientation in the plane normal to the borehole can be deduced from the diametral deformation of the borehole. Laboratory and field measurements validating the method are discussed.     

An experimental study of soil memory and preconsolidation adjacent to an active tectonic structure: the Meers fault, Oklahoma, USA

Special consolidation tests were run on undisturbed samples to study the ability of Quaternary soils adjacent to the Meers fault in southwestern Oklahoma to record and remember the maximum effective (preconsolidation) stresses they experienced during the faulting process. The results show that the soils record >60% of the applied total stresses as preconsolidation stresses in 2 s of loading time, indicating that these stresses could have been recorded during an earthquake faulting event. To record all of the applied total stresses as preconsolidation stresses (100% recording or memory), the loading needs to last at least 4–5 min.     

基于岩石爆破损伤理论的预裂爆破参数研究及应用

工程中预裂爆破参数确定方法通常为经验类比法。该方法以经验公式为基础,存在理论依据较为缺乏等缺点。为此,引入岩石爆破损伤、应力波和爆生气体共同作用等理论,在考虑岩石初始损伤等影响因素的基础上,提出预裂爆破参数计算式。基于提出的理论方法,在现场开展了预裂爆破试验。针对爆破试验,比较了采用经验类公式和提出的理论计算式得到的线装药密度,并对爆破效果进行了分析。试验结果表明,预裂爆破效果良好。考虑爆破损伤效应的爆破参数确定方法比经验类比法合理。最后,在提出的理论计算方法基础上,给出了实际工程中确定预裂爆破参数的建议。     

Effects of confining pressure and loading path on deformation and strength of cohesive granular materials: a three-dimensional DEM analysis

This paper is devoted to numerical analysis of strength and deformation of cohesive granular materials. The emphasis is put on the study of effects of confining pressure and loading path. To this end, the three-dimensional discrete element method is used. A nonlinear failure criterion for inter-granular interface bonding is proposed, and it is able to account for both tensile and shear failure for a large range of normal stress. This criterion is implemented in the particles flow code. The proposed failure model is calibrated from triaxial compression tests performed on representative sandstone. Numerical results are in good agreement with experimental data. In particular, the effect of confining pressure on compressive strength and failure pattern is well described by the proposed model. Furthermore, numerical predictions are studied, respectively, for compression and extension tests with a constant mean stress. It is shown that the failure strength and deformation process are clearly affected by loading path. Finally, a series of numerical simulations are performed on cubic samples with three independent principal stresses. It is found that the strength and failure mode are strongly influenced by the intermediate principal stress.

     

Design of tunnel support systems using ground freezing

One of the more promising techniques in soft ground tunneling through urbanized areas is the use of artificially frozen ground for temporary tunnel support. This paper describes the general design considerations involved in the ground freezing method. Various factors are discussed which influence the selection of the freezing temperature, the thickness of the frozen zones and the spacing of the freeze pipes. The time required to achieve freezing is discussed in addition to the amount and rate of frost heave caused by the freezing.

To illustrate the applicability of the freezing method, various considerations in the design of an 8-ft. diameter tunnel in upstate New York, a 75-ft. diameter tunnel in Georgia, and a 12 1/2-ft. diameter tunnel in Washington, D.C. are discussed. All three of the tunnels were to pass immediately beneath mainline railroad tracks. A laboratory testing program was implemented to determine the effects of the repetitive train loads on the zone of frozen soil around the tunnel perimeter. Stress-controlled repeated load triaxial tests were performed on both undisturbed and remolded samples frozen from temperatures of −7°C for the New York tunnel to −10°C for the Atlanta and Washington tunnels. Static testing consisted of both quick triaxial tests and creep tests on frozen samples of the various soil types.

It was found that there was little difference between the cumulative strain response from repeated load tests and static tests for the low frequencies investigated (one-quarter to one-half cycles per minute). Hyperbolic stress—strain functions were developed to simulate the stress—strain relationship for various cumulative loading times.

The stresses and strains in the frozen soil tunnel configuration were computed by the finite element method, using both linear and hyperbolic stress—strain functions. Tangent modulus values were varied to reflect the decreasing modulus with increasing loading time. The analyses indicated that zones of frozen soil of approximately 3 ft. thick were required for both the New York and Washington tunnels. However, high tensile stresses were calculated for the Atlanta tunnel, precluding the use of the freezing method.     

The response of flexible pipes buried in sand to static surface stress

A series of laboratory tests on thin-walled PVC-U (i.e. very flexible) pipes buried in sand is described. The tests were conducted in a glass-fronted test tank, the pipe being positioned up against the glass with its longitudinal axis perpendicular to the glass. This allowed direct observation of the sand–pipe interactions. Photographs were taken through the glass allowing discrete measurement of pipe and soil displacements during pipe installation and subsequent surface loading. This paper discusses the influences on pipe response of installation method, cover depth and pipe stiffness as increasing static surface stress was applied. The results of the laboratory tests indicate very clearly the importance of well-controlled backfilling around flexible buried pipes to ensure their long-term performance. The stiffness of the pipe affects the way it behaves and hence its performance in resisting applied stresses. This is demonstrated by the observed changes in arching effects above pipes of different stiffness. The effect of increasing cover depth is demonstrated and confirms previous research findings regarding the influence of the ground surface on pipe performance. The results clearly demonstrate the valuable insight afforded by direct observation of the soil–pipe interaction during installation and the subsequent loading of flexible pipes.