不同排水条件下饱和砂土快速大剪切力学特性

为探索滑坡灾害中土在复杂条件下的剪切力学特性,本文利用大型环剪试验机,通过进行各种排水条件下的连续大位移剪切试验,对不同法向应力、剪切速率和孔隙水压力等复杂条件下饱和砂土的力学特性及其变化机理进行了研究。结果表明：1）在连续快速剪切条件下,砂土剪切力学特性在干燥、不排水和排水等条件下呈现不同的变化形式。其中在不排水条件下,饱和砂出现一定的应变软化现象。2）在相同正应力和剪切速率的环剪试验中,饱和砂在不同排水条件下（上排水、下排水、上下排水）的抗剪强度出现显著差异。3）在排水环剪试验条件下,砂土剪切应力与强度的差异性变化不仅与土体内细土颗粒运移和结构变化有关,并且受到剪切过程中不同排水条件下孔隙水压力变化的影响和控制。4）排水环剪条件下,饱和砂孔隙水压力的消散变化不仅与不同排水方式下土体内所形成的排水通道顺畅程度有关,并且受到不同剪切速率和法向应力的影响作用。     

膨胀土临界状态强度特性及其模型拟合

针对蒙自地区膨胀土,进行了饱和重塑条件下的固结排水(CD)与固结不排水(CU)试验,系统研究了饱和土在不同固结围压3、初始干密度d、初始含水量0、剪切速率、排水条件下的应力应变特性。通过对临界状态试验结果的归一化处理,揭示了不同试验方法对同一土样抗剪强度量测差异的内在统一性,得到了重塑饱和膨胀土在固结排水与不排水条件下p'-q-空间内的破坏线。利用双曲线模型较好地拟合了弱硬化型应力应变曲线,用指数曲线模型拟合了弱软化型应力应变曲线,为模拟边坡在降雨条件下的抗剪强度变化及构筑物土体处于正常水位时的强度状态等工况提供了技术参数与理论支持。     

饱和剪胀性砂土液化后流滑现象与机理

基于完全不排水试验的已有研究结果表明,只有在饱和松砂中才可能发生流滑现象,较密实的饱和剪胀性砂土在初始液化后的不排水循环或单调剪切作用条件下,则会呈现出所谓往返活动性或抗剪强度恢复现象。然而,实际土工抗震边值问题中的饱和砂土在许多情况下并不能够被视为处于完全不排水条件,可能由于土性和变形等因素的不同而处于剪切排水甚至剪切吸水条件。通过对饱和砂土液化后常剪切吸水率试验结果的分析指出,剪切吸水条件可能导致剪胀性砂土的抗剪能力显著降低、甚至发生流滑现象。基于可逆性与不可逆性剪切体应变的概念以及3种体应变分量变化的特性规律,推导出剪切吸水条件下的体变约束条件。不同排水条件下的体变约束条件决定了剪胀性砂土应力-应变响应的不同变化,当满足自由吸水剪切条件时饱和砂土会出现具有流动特征的大变形;当满足强制吸水剪切条件时会发生具有非稳定特征的流滑现象。     

5种排水条件下饱和重塑黄土三轴剪切特性

为了深化对工程实践中黄土排水状态和影响的认识,通过三轴剪切试验控制应变增量比研究了饱和重塑黄土在不排水、强制吸水、自由排水、强制排水、部分排水5种排水条件下的剪切特性。结果表明,饱和重塑黄土的剪切特性与排水条件密切相关：在不排水和强制吸水条件下,黄土试样表现为应变软化,从广义上讲,在强制吸水条件下试样的剪胀性被强制发挥;在自由排水和强制排水条件下,黄土试样表现出硬化趋势,其中,在强制排水条件下试样的剪胀性受到抑制;在部分排水条件下,黄土试样为应变软化或应变软化到硬化的过渡状态,此时,黄土的剪切特性不仅与应变增量比有关,也受到孔隙比的影响,应变增量比越接近0,试样的软化程度越明显,而试样的孔隙比越小,其在剪切初始阶段的剪胀趋势越明显,试样的峰值强度和残余强度越高。另外,基于渐近状态方程和剪胀方程,量化分析了饱和重塑黄土的渐近状态和剪胀性,发现试样的渐近状态应力比与剪胀程度呈负相关关系。     

K0固结条件下粗粒土变形及强度特性研究

采用大三轴剪切仪对不同相对密度的双江口心墙坝覆盖层料,进行了K0固结及各向等压固结条件下的排水剪切试验,探讨了K0固结过程中粗粒土的变形特性。将K0固结与等压固结条件下的排水剪切试验的结果进行了对比分析。结果表明,K0固结加载阶段,平均主应力p与体应变? v之间、剪应力q剪应变? s之间的关系都可用幂函数形式表示。K0固结稳压阶段,? a-t关系呈指数关系。与等压固结试验相比,K0固结试样的排水剪强度略大。K0固结排水剪试验所得到的初始弹性模量Ei、初始泊松比vi均大于等压固结排水剪试验相同应力条件下的弹性模量、泊松比;且K0固结条件下试样的剪胀性也较为明显。     

饱和黏土不排水剪切的热破坏

试验资料表明：饱和黏土在不排水常载升温条件下会产生很大的变形并最终可发生热破坏现象,因此,升温也成为一种加载方式。基于姚仰平等提出的热UH临界状态模型,推导了受温度影响的热不排水抗剪强度表达式,对不同超固结度饱和黏土在升温下的不排水抗剪强度模拟与试验结果对比表明：所提公式能够合理反映试验资料中受温度影响的不排水抗剪强度变化规律。利用热UH模型对不排水常载-升温过程进行了模拟,模拟结果表明,热UH模型可合理地反映不排水常载-升温条件下饱和黏土的应力-应变关系以及强度变化规律。针对能影响热破坏过程的几种因素如升温初始时的偏应力比、升温幅度、超固结度以及先期固结压力等进行了讨论分析,得到了各因素对于饱和黏土不排水剪切下的应力-应变关系及强度特性的影响规律。     

饱和悬浮塑料砂流动特性的试验研究

饱和砂土在液化状态下呈现出非牛顿流体的特性,而常规动力试验要获得稳定的液化状态比较困难。采用塑料砂和相等密度的氯化钠溶液配制成了有效应力接近于0的饱和悬浮塑料砂试样,基于流体力学低雷诺数绕球流动理论并结合粒子成像测速(PIV)技术,开发了饱和悬浮塑料砂流动特性的试验装置。利用紧贴透明模型箱内壁的半球在饱和悬浮塑料砂中运动时塑料砂颗粒的运动来分析其流动特性,并通过拉力与速度的关系计算饱和塑料悬浮砂的表观黏度。试验结果表明,饱和塑料悬浮砂试样是剪切稀化非牛顿流体,可作为液化砂土的相似材料用于液化问题的研究。基于试验中的细观规律,提出了零速度线、剪切区、剪切角、剪切区高度等实用概念。研究表明,拖球速度对剪切角有重要影响,速度越大,剪切角也越大,相应剪切区也越大。剪切区高度反映了拖球运动方向的影响范围,提出拖球试验中应保持球体形心与边界之间的距离要大于6倍球体直径。分析了拖球试验中的孔洞产生机制,提出在拖球和拖管试验中,应降低拖球的运动速度,以符合低雷诺数绕球(管)流动的基本理论。     

直剪剪切速率对钙质砂强度及变形特征的影响

为深入研究剪切速率对钙质砂强度和变形特征的影响,对钙质干砂进行不同剪切速率条件下的直剪试验。研究结果表明,随剪切速率从0.1 mm/min增至2.4 mm/min时钙质砂抗剪强度先减小后增大,其内摩擦角亦呈现出先减小后增大趋势,临界剪切速率为1.6 mm/min;低法向应力条件下钙质砂试样随剪切速率的增加更易于呈现剪胀现象,高法向应力条件下剪切速率从0.1 mm/min增长至1.6 mm/min时试样整体剪缩量逐渐减小;当剪切速率继续从1.6 mm/min增长至2.4 mm/min时试样最大剪缩量逐渐增加;不同法向应力水平条件下钙质砂加载速率效应的细观机制不同,较低应力水平条件下钙质砂加载速率效应主要由试样内部颗粒错动、换位、重新排列引起,在较高应力水平条件下钙质砂加载速率效应主要由颗粒破碎引起。     

三轴试样钻孔灌砂固结排水效果试验研究

对渗透性较差的重黏土样进行固结排水试验时,其饱和、固结、剪切过程时间较长。为提高固结排水试验效率,改进了三轴排水工艺,提出在试样中钻孔灌砂形成竖向排水通道,并进行了针对黏土样的固结排水试验的验证。试验结果表明,1 %～3 %置换率的砂井对固结排水试验应力-应变无影响,并有利于加速三轴试样的饱和、固结排水、孔压消散、剪切排水过程,可使试验效率提高5倍以上;试样周边、顶面、底面粘贴滤纸条,再结合试样内部钻孔灌砂,是改善三轴试验排水路径的一种科学合理的、高效的方法,能够获得准确、可靠的E-B模型参数。     

轴对称饱和土体结构在多向荷载下的液固耦合问题

以轴对称系统液固二相耦合饱和介质为研究对象,在假定所有物理量沿径向和轴向可以变化但沿环向不变化、变形满足小变形、孔压流满足达西定律及有效应力原理成立的前提下,建立相应的增量形式的有限元分析方法。以一饱和轴对称试样为例,应用修正剑桥弹塑性模型,进行了应变控制式常规三轴固结不排水剪切试验过程的有限元模拟,以表明所建立方法的可行性。     

Excess pore pressure and grain crushing of sands by means of undrained and naturally drained ring-shear tests

An investigation of excess pore-pressure generation of a weathered granitic sand, taken from the source area of a typical landslide caused as a result of liquefaction, and a fine silica sand was conducted, in which grain crushing within the shear zone of ring-shear test specimens was examined as the key phenomenon of rapid long-runout motion of landslides. In order to investigate and explain the low average apparent-friction angle, mobilized in a liquidized landslide, speed-controlled ring-shear tests were conducted under undrained conditions on weathered granitic-sand specimens, formed under a wide range of initial void ratios. It was revealed that very small steady-state shear resistances were obtained irrespective of the initial void ratios, which can explain the low average apparent-friction angle. In addition, two series of ring-shear tests on weathered-granitic and fine-silica sands were conducted under naturally drained conditions by keeping the upper drain valve of the shear box open during the tests. The first series of tests was performed under differing total normal stresses, but at the same shear speed, and the second series was conducted at differing shear speeds, but under the same total normal stress. In order to investigate and analyze excess pore-pressure generation and dissipation within the shear zone that is associated with grain crushing, permeability analyses were conducted by passing water through the sample box of the ring-shear test apparatus before and after shearing. In addition, grain-size distribution analyses of samples taken from the shear zone after shearing were carried out. For the weathered granitic-sand samples, a significant change in bulk permeability and large amount of grain crushing were observed. In these tests on the above soil, a considerable reduction of shear resistance, which increased proportionally to the total normal stress and shear speed, were obtained. It was observed that due to grain crushing, finer grains that lowered the permeability of the soil in the shear zone, were formed. It is likely that the decrease in permeability facilitated the generation of high excess pore pressures by reducing the pore-pressure dissipation rate from the shear zone; thus, flow behaviour was exhibited even under naturally drained conditions.     

Observation of shear zone development in ring-shear apparatus with a transparent shear box

Using a new ring-shear apparatus with a transparent shear box and video image analysis system, drained and undrained speed-controlled tests were conducted on coarse-grained silica sands to study the shear-zone formation process in granular materials. Velocity distribution profiles of grains under shear at various stages in the ring shear tests were observed through processing the video image by the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) program. Shear-zone thickness and type of shear mode (slide-like or flow-like) during shear were observed. Before reaching peak strength in low-speed and drained condition test, a comparatively major part of the sample in the upper shear box showed a velocity distribution profile of structural deformation and dilatancy behavior. After peak strength, the velocity profile changed into a slide-like mode and thereafter showed almost no change. In higher speed tests with drained and undrained conditions, an almost slide-like mode was observed, compared to low-speed test. Apparent shear-zone thicknesses of high-speed tests are thinner than low-speed tests. Unexpectedly, almost no difference was observed in the shear-zone thickness and mode of shear (slide or flow-like) between drained and undrained tests. This study was conducted as part of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) M101 “Areal prediction of earthquake and rain induced rapid and long-traveling flow phenomena (APERITIF)” of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). These results will contribute to understanding the mechanism of shear-zone development in granular materials as a basic knowledge for disaster risk mitigation of rapid long run-out landslides.     

Mechanism of a long-runout landslide triggered by the August 1998 heavy rainfall in Fukushima Prefecture,Japan

Heavy rainfall from 26 to 31 August 1998 triggered many landslides in Nishigo Village of southern Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The Hiegaesi landslide, a long-runout landslide with travel angle of 11°, which occurred in loamy volcanic-ash/pumice layer and was deposited in a nearby rice paddy, was investigated. In an observation pit dug in the middle part of the landslide deposit, the sliding zone just above the deflected rice plants was observed, and it was confirmed that grain crushing occurred in the sliding zone. The triggering and sliding mechanisms of this landslide then were investigated by ring-shear tests in laboratory. For the triggering mechanism, one saturated naturally drained test (test A: torque-controlled test) and one saturated undrained test (test B: speed-controlled test) were conducted on the samples taken from the source area of the landslide. Even in the naturally drained test opening the upper drain valve of the shear box, a temporary liquefaction occurred. In the undrained test, excess pore-pressure was generated along with shearing, and “sliding-surface liquefaction” phenomenon was observed. The effective stress and shear resistance finally decreased to near zero. These results can explain the observed phenomenon of small friction resistance like a flow of liquid when the sliding mass slid out of the source area. For the sliding mechanism of the landslide in the rice paddy, saturated undrained test (test C: speed-controlled test) was performed on soil sample above the deflected rice plants. The apparent friction angle obtained in this test was 8°. In addition, the residual friction angle measured after test B and test C was the same value of 41°. Combining with the observation on the shear zone in the ring-shear box after test C, it is concluded that, during the sliding in rice paddy, the undrained shear strength of the soil layer itself mainly influenced the high mobility of the landslide, probably because the friction between rice plants and soils is greater than the undrained shear strength inside the soil mass.     

常剪应力路径下含气砂土的三轴试验

天然气水合物完全分解时,产生的气体使得能源土孔隙压力急速增加,有效应力减小,进而引起土体液化破坏。此时深海能源土斜坡的应力状态与静力液化失稳过程可简化为含气土在常剪应力排水(或不排水)应力路径下的破坏问题。以此为背景,提出了制备含气砂土试样的改进充气管法,并开展了含气砂土的常剪应力路径三轴试验。22组试验结果表明:同一孔隙比的含气密砂在不同围压与常剪应力下具有相同的失稳线;含气砂土试样失稳时的应力比和体变均随初始相对密实度的增大而增大;含气密砂在常剪应力路径下饱和度对失稳特征影响的规律性在排水与不排水条件下均不明显,但在不排水条件下含气砂土的孔压(或体变)对变形的敏感性降低;含气密砂在常剪应力路径到达失稳点之后,排水条件下是瞬变的液化鼓胀破坏,不排水条件下是渐变的剪切破坏。     

饱和软黏土动力学特性循环扭剪试验研究

以饱和软黏土的循环扭剪试验研究为基础,阐明不固结不排水条件下饱和软黏土的动力学特性。在循环扭剪和循环三轴两种不同试验应力状态下,通过研究不同围压和不同静、动应力组合下饱和软黏土的应力等效破坏关系和应变等效破坏关系,提出在循环荷载作用下饱和软黏土的循环破坏同样遵循Mises屈服准则,且在Mises屈服准则下,饱和软黏土的循环强度趋于不变量。循环破坏的过程可以等效为一种拟静力弹塑性循环蠕变,建立了饱和软黏土循环累积变形随静荷载、循环荷载以及循环破坏振次之间的关系式。上述结论分别从应力和变形两个方面阐述饱和软黏土的动力学特性,与试验应力状态和围压无关,可以推广到一般应力状态下。     

车辆荷载作用下软土地基塑性变形的计算

对于低路堤公路,合理地预测车辆荷载引起的地基塑性累积变形对于低路堤公路的设计有着重要的意义。从机制上讲,可将地基的塑性应变分为塑性体积应变和塑性剪切应变。其中对于塑性体积应变,提出采用不排水条件下的残余孔压模型与一维固结理论相耦合进行计算;对于塑性剪切应变,考虑了塑性体积应变引起的土体硬化,提出了修正的塑性剪切应变计算模型。然后基于所提模型,对萧山黏土的不排水与排水条件下的动三轴试验进行模拟,初步验证了所提模型的有效性。对于实际工程问题,首先运用数值的方法求得车辆荷载在地基中引起的附加应力,然后运用所提模型计算各土层的塑性应变,再结合分层总和的方法求得地基的累积塑性变形。以日本佐贺机场1号测点为例,说明了模型在工程边值问题中的有效性。     

循环加载方向角对饱和粉土不排水动力特性的影响

利用GDS空心圆柱仪进行了一系列主应力方向角?d变化的轴向、扭转、内压和外压四向耦合不排水循环剪切试验。在均等固结条件下,着重研究了循环加载方向角?d0对饱和粉土动力特性的影响。试验结果表明：饱和粉土的双规准化孔压发展模式与?d0无关,但受循环应力比CSR的影响;广义剪应变的发展模式不受?d0的影响。在循环剪切过程中,循环加载方向的变化对粉土的不排水动强度有显著影响,饱和粉土的动强度CRR随着?d0的增大呈现出先减小后增大的变化趋势,且当?d0=45°时CRR最小。同时,建立了反映?d0与CSR影响的孔压、变形的模型,并给出了相应的动强度表达式。     

复杂应力条件下饱和砂土单调剪切特性的试验研究

利用土工静力-动力液压-三轴扭转多功能剪切仪,针对相对密度为30 %的福建标准砂,进行了复杂初始固结条件下应力路径变化的应力控制式单调排水与不排水剪切试验。控制试验过程的平均主应力保持不变,变化中主应力系数和主应力方向,分别探讨在不同排水条件下中主应力系数和主应力方向对饱和砂土剪切特性的影响。通过对比表明：与排水条件无关,中主应力系数对归一化的应力-应变关系具有影响,但对体变或孔压的影响并不明显。初始条件相同,偏应力比随中主应力系数的增大而降低。主应力方向的影响同样显著,排水试验的主应力方向角不同时应力-应变关系所表现出的变化规律取决于水平面与竖直面上受到的剪应力作用。不排水试验的峰值有效偏应力比随着主应力方向角的增大而减小。     

Evolution of Shear-Zone Structure in Undrained Ring-Shear Tests

Undrained monotonic torque-controlled tests were conducted on fine-grained silica sand to study the shear-deformation process in granular materials by using a ring-shear apparatus. Shear-zone structures at various stages in the undrained shear tests were observed during a series of tests in which the experiments were terminated at different shear displacement. For undisturbed samples, the shear zone was only developed during the post-failure stage and its thickness increased with progressed shearing. First the shear surfaces had undulating and asymmetric structures; later they gradually became smooth and parallel to the shearing direction. During this process, pore water pressure was generated, and the effective friction angle decreased correspondingly. Generally, the shear zone could be divided into three parts: the compacted core, the adjacent zone above the core, and the adjacent zone below the core. Grain-size analysis on the sample from the shear zone revealed that grain crushing occurred during each stage and the extent of grain crushing differed for different shear stages. An interesting phenomenon occurred during the steady-state deformation where the coarse and fine particles within the shear zone segregated during motions and a parallel orientation structure developed. These results are helpful for understanding the mechanism of progressive failure in granular material as well as the rapid landslide with long runout study.