干密度对非饱和膨胀土水分迁移参数的影响

研究了非饱和膨胀土的两个水分迁移参数--水体积变化系数 和渗透系数kw,得出非饱和膨胀土的水分迁移参数 和kw并非恒值,是基质吸力的函数,而基质吸力与含水率密切相关。因此,其参数大小随含水率变化而变化。此外,还明显受到干密度的影响,随干密度的不同而变化。取得了考虑干密度和含水率的水体积变化系数 、渗透系数kw和基质吸力之间的非线性关系,为进一步研究非饱和膨胀土地基水分场变化提供基础资料。     

非饱和膨胀土非稳态渗流方程的参数探讨

在利用有限元方程进行计算非饱和膨胀土地基水分场变化的非稳态渗流问题时,参数渗透系数kw和水体积变化系数mw2取值至关重要.根据膨胀土地基基质吸力与含水量的变化过程,得到了水体积变化系数mw2并非常数,理论与计算说明与干密度的变化存在相关性.通过拟和探讨了渗透系数kw、水体积变化系数mw2与干密度的相关关系,并对比说明不考虑与考虑干密度影响情况下mw2和kw的数值的差别,干密度对这两个参数的影响规律是在吸力大时影响程度小,在吸力小时影响程度大.     

非饱和成都黏土瞬时剖面法渗透性试验研究

非饱和渗透系数是土体渗流分析的基础,成都黏土作为一种典型的非饱和膨胀土,具有吸水膨胀、失水收缩的特性,在受侧限的浸水过程中,土颗粒的膨胀致使孔隙体积减小,渗透性降低,使得直接对其进行非饱和渗透试验十分困难。根据瞬时剖面法的原理,利用EC-5土壤水分传感器测含水率、MPS-2电介质水势传感器直接同步测量同一位置的基质吸力,通过水平渗透试验研究了非饱和成都黏土在侧限条件下的渗透性。含水率和基质吸力的同步测量,保证了其测试条件的一致性,避免了采用其他土水特征曲线的影响。试验表明,试样的非饱和渗透系数为（1.33×10-11~3.14×10-9）m·s-1,非饱和渗透系数与基质吸力并非单调线性关系。基质吸力较高时,受膨胀土颗粒吸水膨胀的影响,渗透系数未出现明显变化,基质吸力降低到一定程度后,渗透系数快速增大。试验结束时土体已接近饱和,土中气体排出较慢,过水断面增加缓慢,促使渗透系数仍然持续增大。采用VG模型拟合k-s曲线,拟合参数α=0.048 kPa-1,n=1.79,m=0.48,试验结果可以用于成都黏土地区的渗流分析。     

南宁膨胀土持水性能的温度效应及微观机制

采用蒸汽平衡法测定了4种温度(T=5、25、40、60℃)条件下Whatman No.42滤纸的率定曲线,建立了考虑温度影响的双线性率定曲线方程,发现滤纸的持水性能随温度升高而降低,且温度对率定曲线高吸力段滤纸持水性能的影响要弱于低吸力段。在此基础上,以南宁膨胀土为研究对象,使用滤纸法测定了不同温度作用下膨胀土试样的土-水特征曲线。试验结果表明,随着温度的升高,膨胀土持水性能下降,但温度的影响幅度会随着吸力的增大而减弱,当基质吸力达到40MPa时,不同温度下试样的体积含水率并没有明显变化,即此时温度对膨胀土的持水性能变化几乎无影响。为解释上述宏观现象,选取部分试样进行了压汞试验和吸附结合水试验,并根据试验结果从土体中各相及各相界面相互耦合作用的物理机制角度阐述了南宁膨胀土持水性能的温度效应及微观机制。     

用收缩试验资料间接估算压力板试验中的体积含水量

土水特征曲线是表征非饱和土基本性质的重要曲线之一,一般由压力板试验测定。膨胀土试样在压力板试验中体积变化很大,且其体积变化值又不得而知,故只能得到其重力含水量与基质吸力的关系。本文建议用收缩试验资料来间接估算压力板试验中试样的体积含水量,从而可得到用体积含水量与基质吸力关系表达的土水特征曲线。     

湿胀条件下合肥膨胀土土-水特征研究

膨胀土在吸水时会产生体积膨胀,研究湿胀条件下膨胀土的土-水特征具有重要意义。以合肥地区9种弱膨胀土为研究对象,采用滤纸法和渗析法试验测定了膨胀土的土-水特征,采用蒸汽加湿法试验测定了膨胀土在吸湿过程中的体积变化。基于土-水特征曲线（SWCC）试验及加湿试验,获得了膨胀土在吸湿过程中的体积变化规律,得到了湿胀条件下膨胀土的重力含水率?基质吸力曲线（w-ψ曲线）及体积含水率?基质吸力曲线（θw3-ψ曲线）,分析了膨胀土吸湿过程中的体积变化对体积含水率?基质吸力曲线的影响,探讨了w-ψ与θw3-ψ曲线拟合参数的变异性及参数间的相关性。结果表明：蒸汽法加湿土样是一种较为理想的增湿方式;湿胀条件下,w-ψ曲线与考虑体变的θw3-ψ曲线的差异程度与吸湿结束后的土样含水率有关;w-ψ曲线的变异性小于θw3-ψ曲线的变异性;拟合参数n的变异性小于参数a及m的变异性;w-ψ曲线及θw3-ψ曲线的对应拟合参数间呈线性关系。     

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。     

膨胀土干湿循环过程孔径分布试验研究及其应用

采用压汞法对膨胀土干湿循环过程孔隙大小分布的演化规律进行了试验研究,结果表明,随着循环次数的增加,膨胀土的总孔隙体积、孔隙率和平均孔径等微结构参数均递增;分析了试验结果产生偏差的原因,其一是干湿循环过程中膨胀土试样的体积收缩,其二是孔隙形状和测试压力有限的影响,在此基础上对试验数据进行了合理修正。结合毛细管模型,利用修正的孔径分布曲线推算了膨胀土干湿循环过程中的土-水特征曲线,并分析了干湿循环过程中基质吸力的变化规律：以含水率28%为分界点,含水率大于该值时基质吸力随循环次数N的增加而线性递增,含水率小于该值时基质吸力随循环次数N的增加而线性递减;在此基础上,建立了基质吸力与循环次数之间的关系,为解释膨胀土力学特性的干湿循环效应开辟了一条新途径。     

基于3个不等粒径颗粒接触模型的土-水特征曲线

基于热力学原理及二维液桥计算模型,以3个不等径土颗粒为研究对象,推导出基质吸力与体积含水率之间的关系,得到微观模型下的土-水特征曲线。将3个不等粒径颗粒概化为限制粒径、中值粒径和有效粒径,研究了粒径大小、颗粒级配和土颗粒接触角的大小等因素对土-水特征曲线影响的规律。计算结果表明：体积含水率相同,颗粒粒径越大,相应的基质吸力越小;在同一基质吸力下,不均匀系数 越大即土颗粒越不均匀,其体积含水率就越低;接触角对土-水特征曲线的影响是明显的,即接触角越小土颗粒亲水性越好,同一基质吸力下的体积含水率也就越大,且曲线的进气值会随着接触角的减小而减小。     

NaCl溶液饱和膨胀土的压缩特性及其微观机制

孔隙溶液浓度及组份改变会影响膨胀土颗粒间作用力,改变微观孔隙结构,从而影响土体的物理力学特性。为此,以宁明膨胀土为研究对象,采用不同浓度NaCl溶液制备泥浆预固结重塑样开展一维压缩试验和压汞试验,研究化学作用对重塑天然膨胀土的压缩性和微观孔隙结构的影响规律。结果表明：随着渗透吸力增加,颗粒间水化能力降低,物理化学力使土颗粒由分散状态转变为集聚体状态,形成了集聚体内孔和集聚体间孔,土体表现出双峰孔隙分布特征。预固结样（压力为20 kPa）的初始孔隙比随渗透吸力增加而减小,进而导致固结屈服应力增加;但是渗透吸力对压缩性影响不大,压缩指数和回弹指数基本不变。此外,利用固结系数计算了土体的渗透系数,随着竖向压力增加渗透系数降低;当竖向压力小于200 kPa时,随着渗透吸力增加,渗透系数先增加后减小,但是竖向压力超过200 kPa后,渗透系数变化不大。分析发现,渗透吸力增加导致大孔隙增加,渗透系数增加,但同时密实度增加会导致渗透系数降低,低竖向压力下渗透性受密实度和微观孔隙结构变化耦合作用控制。     

Bearing capacity of unsaturated expansive soils

It is difficult to determine the bearing capacity of a foundation in unsaturated expansive soil, although this is most important. The bearing capacity of unsaturated expansive soil is related to the drying and wetting environment. Swelling pressure occurs when the soil volume change is constrained as an expansive soil is inundated. The expansive lateral pressure, induced by the swelling pressure is similar to the passive earth pressure. By considering the effect of the expansive lateral pressure in Terzaghi's bearing capacity formula, the bearing capacity of unsaturated expansive soil is derived. Because it is very difficult to measure suction in situ, the bearing capacity is expressed using the expansive lateral pressure offers a feasible approach to calculate the bearing capacity of a foundation in unsaturated expansive soil, when suction is not measured. Plate load tests to measure the bearing capacity in situ were performed for the foundation in natural soil and saturated soil immersed by water. The verification of the bearing capacity formulae presented in this paper is conducted by comparing the predicted results with the results of the plate load tests on unsaturated expansive soils in Handan and Bingxia, China.     

Influence of matric suction on shear strength behavior of a residual clayey soil

In this paper, the shear strength with respect to the matric suction of unsaturated soils was studied. For this purpose, unsaturated triaxial testing procedures were applied to the undisturbed residual soil specimens. An apparatus for performing triaxial tests was designed and constructed. In the tests, matric suction was controlled by using the axis translation technique, and pore water volume changes were measured by means of a volume change transducer with 10⁻⁸ m³ sensitivity. The test results indicated that the matric suction contributes to the shear strength of unsaturated soil specimens, and this contribution called suction strength varies non-linearly with respect to the matric suction. The logarithmic model needing to know the air-entry value and the internal friction angle of a soil specimen for prediction of the suction strength were presented and compared with the test results. It was found that suction strength values predicted from the proposed model were in satisfactory agreement with the experimental results.     

干湿循环对非饱和膨胀土抗剪强度影响的试验研究

膨胀土是一种气候敏感性土体,研究在干湿循环过程中膨胀土剪切强度的变化,对了解在自然界周期性蒸发和降雨作用下原位膨胀土体工程性质的变化以及由此导致的地质灾害发生过程具有重要意义。文中以重塑非饱和膨胀土为研究对象,模拟了3次干湿循环过程,对每次干燥路径中的试样进行了直剪试验,重点分析含水率、正压力及干湿循环次数对膨胀土剪切强度的影响,得到如下主要结果：（1）在干燥过程中,随着含水率的减小,试样的刚度、脆性、抗剪强度值（峰值剪切应力）、抗剪强度指标（黏聚力、内摩擦角）及抗剪强度损失（峰值强度与残余强度之差）均呈增加趋势;（2）正压力越高,试样的剪切强度和残余强度越大,而破坏后的峰值强度损失越小,破坏韧性增加;（3）在3次干燥过程中,试样的剪切强度及黏聚力呈先增加后减小的趋势,在第二次干燥过程中达到峰值,但内摩擦角受干湿循环的影响无明显规律;（4）试样经历多次干湿循环后,其剪切特性越来越类似于超固结土,脆性显著增加;（5）干燥过程和干湿循环对试样残余剪切强度的影响都不明显,残余剪切强度基本都在100 kPa附近变化;（6）非饱和膨胀土在干湿循环及干燥过程中剪切强度的变化除了与吸力有关外,还与其微观结构调整和裂隙发育状态密切相关,需要综合非饱和土力学和土质学理论对试验现象进行分析。     

结构性对膨胀土收缩特性影响的试验研究

膨胀土的收缩性明显,容易引发边坡与地基开裂,但有关结构性对收缩特性影响的认识甚少。采用收缩自动试验装置,在恒湿恒温条件下对原状膨胀土和重塑膨胀土开展了收缩对比试验和扫描电镜（scanning electron microscope,简称SEM）测试分析,结果表明：与原状土相比,重塑土在土中水流动阶段的蒸发速率较小,蒸汽扩散阶段收缩稳定速率较慢,最终体积收缩应变量更大;重塑土体积收缩−含水率关系曲线的线性段较长,斜率较大,直线段与稳定段之间的过渡不明显,而原状土则反之;重塑土和原状土的收缩特征曲线（soil shrinkage characteristic curves,简称SSC）在较高含水率段基本重合,随着含水率下降,重塑土的SSC下降更快,对应的含水率范围更宽,最后进入残余−零收缩阶段时,孔隙比明显较小;Chertkov收缩模型适用于原状膨胀土,但不适用于重塑膨胀土。SEM测试结果表明,原状膨胀土较重塑膨胀土具有更强的原生结构性,初始密度与湿度相同情况下,两者颗粒排列、接触方式、胶结状态、孔隙大小与分布特征等微观结构上差异明显,导致蒸发过程中重塑土的水分迁移速率较小、基质吸力较大,是重塑土收缩更剧烈的内在原因。研究结果可为膨胀土边坡的坡面工程防护设计提供参考依据。     

The relationship between the swelling pressure and shear strength of unsaturated soil: the Yanji Basin as a case study

The swelling pressure is a unique and important parameter for reflecting the engineering characteristics of expansive soil, providing a method to study the shear strength of expansive soil. The results of previous studies indicate that the shear strength of unsaturated soil is composed of three parts, and the swelling pressure contributes to the matric suction. Unsaturated direct shear tests and swelling tests of undisturbed expansive soils in the Yanji Basin were performed in this study, and the relationship between the swelling pressure and water content, as well as between the total cohesion and initial water content, were analyzed. According to a data regression analysis, a variety of fitting functions were used for comparisons and a linear relationship between the swelling pressure and the matric suction was established. The study indicate that the exponential fitting function, power function, and linear function should be used and compared with one another to find the best fit. This research is significant for the study of the relationship between shear strength and the swelling pressure of unsaturated soil.     

Research of soil–water characteristics and shear strength features of Nanyang expansive soil

Nanyang expansive soil is investigated in its unsaturated state in this paper. The wetting–drying cycle tests of soil–water characteristics of Nanyang expansive soil have been performed in the laboratory. The test results show that the soil–water characteristic curve of the pre-load specimen can well reflect the soil property function of expansive soil. The strength features of the different suction states of the unsaturated expansive soil are also investigated. The hyperbolic model of the suction strength is presented and the parameters of this model are easily determined by tri-axial tests of unsaturated soils. The hyperbolic model is conveniently applied to predict suction strength of an unsaturated soil.