超固结粘土的剪切带数值模拟

基于中井的子负荷面本构关系模型,采用高精度的隐式应力积分算法,研究了平面应变试验中超固结粘土试样的变形局部化问题。模拟了不同的加载速度和边界约束条件,得到了超固结比为8的藤森粘土土体内部明显可见的X型剪切带和单一型剪切带。结果表明：土体的剪胀特性、孔隙水在土体内的移动规律以及边界约束条件对剪切带的形成和发展起着控制作用。     

Dynamic analysis of strain localization in water‐saturated clay using a cyclic elasto‐viscoplastic model

A computational framework is presented for dynamic strain localization and deformation analyses of water‐saturated clay by using a cyclic elasto‐viscoplastic constitutive model. In the model, the nonlinear kinematic hardening rule and softening due to the structural degradation of soil particles are considered. In order to appropriately simulate the large deformation phenomenon in strain localization analysis, the dynamic finite element formulation for a two‐phase mixture is derived in the updated Lagrangian framework. The shear band development is shown through the distributions of viscoplastic shear strain, the axial strain, the mean effective stress, and the pore water pressure in a normally consolidated clay specimen. From the local stress–strain relations, more brittleness is found inside the shear bands than outside of them. The effects of partially drained conditions and mesh‐size dependency on the shear banding are also investigated. The effect of a partially drained boundary is found to be insignificant on the dynamic shear band propagation because of the rapid rate of applied loading and low permeability of the clay. Using the finer mesh results in slightly narrower shear bands; nonetheless, the results manifest convergency through the mesh refinement in terms of the overall shape of shear banding and stress–strain relations. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

单轴压缩黏性土剪切带相互作用及损伤试验研究

剪切带损伤研究对于理解材料破坏机制和建立剪切带本构模型具有重要意义。为了研究单轴压缩黏性土样的剪切带损伤演化规律,根据纵向应变较高时清晰剪切带位置布置切向测线,对数字图像相关方法获得的结果进行双三次样条插值,从而获得光滑性较好的各种应变场。将土样整体的损伤变量-纵向应变曲线与各条剪切带的损伤演化曲线进行了对比。研究发现：（1）总体上,土样整体的损伤变量演化曲线呈线性,而各条剪切带的损伤变量演化曲线均上凹,这表明随着纵向应变的增加,各条剪切带的损伤发展越来越快;（2）各条剪切带的损伤变量演化曲线的轮廓线呈马尾形,这说明随着剪切带的逐渐发育,各条剪切带的相互影响和作用规律变强;（3）对于含水率较低的土样,平行或共线剪切带的损伤变量变化基本同步,特别是在剪切带充分发育之后,但两条剪切带的距离应较小;在一定时期,共轭或交叉剪切带中剪切带的损伤占优,这与剪切带的相互竞争有关,但若两条剪切带达到独立发展的程度,则二者的损伤变量变化可以同步;对于含水率较高的土样,各条平行或共轭剪切带的损伤变量变化基本同步,剪切带的相互作用不明显。     

Prediction of river bank erosion and protection works in a reach of Chenab River,Pakistan

The impacts of floods on river bank erosion are generally significant in the alluvial river reaches. This paper presents the prediction of the river bank erosion along the right bank in the reach of Chenab River (starting from downstream of Marala Barrage) where excessive erosion had been reported. The bank erosion is predicted due to flow/flood events of 2010 by coupling the output from the two-dimensional numerical model to the excess shear stress approach. The predicted bank erosion was compared with the one estimated from Landsat images. The Landsat ETM+ images were processed in the ArcGIS software to assess the external bank erosion. The results show that the excess shear stress approach underpredicts the bank erosion. Therefore, the erodibility coefficient was modified by forcing the best agreement between predicted and estimated (i.e., from Landsat images) bank erosion which was used for further analysis. The results reveal that coupling the output from the numerical model to the excess shear stress approach (by modifying the erodibility coefficient) predicts the river bank erosion with a reasonable level of accuracy, thus helpful to identify the locations for the protection works. The predicted river bank erosion presents good coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.82 when compared with the estimated bank erosion from Landsat images. The findings of the present study will help to implement the river protection works at the identified locations in the selected reach of River Chenab and will also act as a guideline for similar river reaches.     

水流冲刷过程中的边坡临界滑动场及河岸崩塌问题研究

针对河岸崩塌问题分析和研究,在考虑江河水位升降引起坡外水压力变化及坡内非稳定渗流基础上,同时考虑水流冲刷引起的河床冲深及河岸后退,提出了水流冲刷过程中的边坡临界滑动场和适用于天然江河崩岸的数值模拟,并对水流冲刷过程中的崩岸问题进行了分析。通过对两类不同土质岸坡的崩岸数值模拟,分析了水流冲刷引起的河床冲深及河岸后退过程中坡体的稳定性变化,探讨了不同土质岸坡的崩岸类型及崩塌模式。结果表明,坡度较陡的黏性岸坡崩塌时趋近于平面破坏且通过坡脚;坡度较缓的粉土岸坡崩塌时沿曲面破坏,且在水位骤降过程中易发生局部崩塌。     

Capturing strain localization behind a geosynthetic‐reinforced soil wall

This paper presents the results of finite element (FE) analyses of shear strain localization that occurred in cohesionless soils supported by a geosynthetic‐reinforced retaining wall. The innovative aspects of the analyses include capturing of the localized deformation and the accompanying collapse mechanism using a recently developed embedded strong discontinuity model. The case study analysed, reported in previous publications, consists of a 3.5‐m tall, full‐scale reinforced wall model deforming in plane strain and loaded by surcharge at the surface to failure. Results of the analysis suggest strain localization developing from the toe of the wall and propagating upward to the ground surface, forming a curved failure surface. This is in agreement with a well‐documented failure mechanism experienced by the physical wall model showing internal failure surfaces developing behind the wall as a result of the surface loading. Important features of the analyses include mesh sensitivity studies and a comparison of the localization properties predicted by different pre‐localization constitutive models, including a family of three‐invariant elastoplastic constitutive models appropriate for frictional/dilatant materials. Results of the analysis demonstrate the potential of the enhanced FE method for capturing a collapse mechanism characterized by the presence of a failure, or slip, surface through earthen materials. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

位移控制加载、内压及侧压作用下平面应变含孔洞土样应变场观测

利用研制的平面应变模型加载及观测系统,研究了位移控制加载条件下含孔洞土样的破坏过程。孔洞内压及侧压由气囊施加。利用数字图像相关方法,获得应变场。通过布置测线的方式,研究了剪切带内外最大剪切应变及主应变轴偏转角的分布及演变规律。得到了下列结果。随着纵向应变的增加,含孔洞土样的最大剪切应变的分布经历由均匀变形向局部化变形的转化过程。对于剪切带外的测点,随着远离孔洞表面,最大剪切应变有增加的趋势,这与剪切带内损伤导致带外弹性应变降低（卸荷）有关。在孔洞表面附近,最大剪切应变变化复杂,这与应变弹性成分的下降与塑性成分的增加的博弈有关。对于剪切带尖端的测点,其和前后测点相比,水平线应变发生突增（剧烈膨胀）,垂直线应变的值发生突降（挤压程度剧烈降低）,剪切应变的值发生突增（剪切变形剧烈增加）,由此导致主应变轴偏转角的值发生突增,达到30°。当纵向应变相同时,侧压或内压的增加对含孔洞土样的纵向应力有增强作用。     

Quantification of riverbank erosion and application in risk analysis

The estimation of river bank erosion requires the knowledge of both local hydrodynamic and erodibility characteristics. Models exist in literature that allow the estimation of the river bank shear stress, the fundamental parameter in evaluating the retreat given the discharge flow and the geometry of the river channel. In this study, two hydrodynamic models (1-D and 2-D) were combined with three shear stress models in order to obtain an estimation of the retreat on a study case on the river Cecina in Tuscany, Central Italy. A calibration of the models was performed based on observations from aerial photos of the region over a period of 10 years (1994–2004), and the results of the different combinations of the models are discussed and compared. A framework was developed for the risk analysis of land loss due to bank erosion based on the analyses of discharge flow time series and an excess shear stress erosion model. An application to the study case is provided by using the results of fluvial erosion modelling.     

A slope failure caused by drainage cutoff through the advancement of seasonal frost, Hudson Bay Lowland

A failure occurred between December 14 and 17, 2008 in the upper part of a 45-m high, northwest facing bank of the Nelson River in northern Manitoba (56.687°N, 93.777°W). The slope failure occurred at a spring site in a bay associated with a buried valley. The sediment input to the river from this event is roughly 20,000 to 25,000 m³. The source zone is made up of 25  m of water-bearing sand and gravel confined between ice-rich silty clay at the top of the bank and laminated to rhythmically bedded silt and clay at the base of the section. The collapse was confined to the material above the basal silts and clays and was associated with a perched groundwater flow system. A strong argument for drainage cutoff by the advancement of seasonal frost has been demonstrated through the correlation of the bank collapse with the timing of a significant cold snap recorded at two nearby weather stations. The failure illustrates the importance of stratigraphy in controlling bank erosion in this area. Previously, fluvial erosion was seen as an important control on mass wasting in Horseshoe Bay. However, surface information suggests that no toe erosion except to remove the slide deposit has occurred at this site since 2004.     

加荷条件下软黏土的孔隙演化特征

开展上海软黏土的宏微观三轴剪切试验,研究软黏土受荷状态下孔隙的演化特征。结果表明：局部变形在加荷初期就开始发生。随着荷载的增加,细碎团聚体增多,孔隙不断地扩展,生成大的贯通孔隙,孔隙定向排列明显,剪切带形成。微观结构参数与剪应力比呈非线性正相关关系,最大孔隙面积、孔隙比、孔隙各向异性率及分布分维数在受荷初期缓慢地增大,后期快速增大。应变为8%时,最大各向异性率达到0.68,最大孔隙比为1.96。剪切带附近的微观结构参数都大于带外值。在受荷过程中,土的微观结构发生劣化,软黏土变形过程分为损伤开始、损伤发展剪切带形成和土体破坏3阶段,微观结构的劣化与土的宏观力学特性紧密相联系。     

砂-黏土双层地基极限承载力的数值研究

在实际工程中,常见天然的或通过人工换填形成的上部砂土、下部黏土的层状地基,目前关于这种双层地基极限承载力和破坏机制研究还不够深入。通过有限差分法建立双层地基数值模型,分析基底粗糙程度、砂土剪胀角和超载对地基破坏模式及极限承载力的影响,并根据有限差分法计算结果对强度加权平均法、应力扩散法和冲剪破坏法等现有实用计算方法的估算正确性进行评价。研究结果表明,基底粗糙程度对极限承载力的影响随着砂土内摩擦角的增大而减小;当剪胀角较小时,剪胀角变化对承载力的影响更为明显;当下层黏土强度较小时,超载的作用更明显。强度加权平均法由于低估破坏面影响深度导致砂土层权重较大,计算结果偏大;应力扩散法忽略了砂土剪切强度,在砂土层较厚时出现低估;冲剪破坏法由于可较为精确地计算砂土破坏面上抗剪强度和被动土压力,是3种实用方法中计算最准确的,当砂土厚度和黏土强度较大时,建议按太沙基经验公式对下卧黏土进行局部剪切破坏修正后确定极限承载力。     

An analysis of stratigraphic control on river bank failure

Most of the rivers of the Niger Delta flow through alluvial deposits whose general stratigraphy is that of cohesionless sand overlain by cohesive silty clay. Erosion and recession of the river banks have constituted a threat to many villages along the various creeks in the delta area.Analyses of the recessional mechanisms indicate that bank failure is initiated by a fluvial erosion of the lower cohesionless bank layer at a much faster rate than the upper cohesive bank layer. This leads to development of overhangs of the upper cohesive materials. The failure mechanism of the river bank is complex, ranging from slip failures in high banks to shearing and toppling failures in low banks. The use of the common slip circle model for stability evaluation appears to be adequate only for high banks. Results obtained for the low banks suggest that the use of this model of stability analyses for low banks may yield misleading results.     

Experimental study of strain localization in sensitive clays

For evaluation of slope stability in materials displaying strain-softening behavior, knowledge concerning the failed state material response is of importance. Here, soft sensitive clay is studied. Such clays behave contractant at failure, which for undrained conditions yields a strain-softening behavior governed by the generation of excess pore water pressure. Strain softening is further linked with material instability and the phenomenon of strain localization. In the case of shear band formation, internal pore pressure gradients are then expected to be present for globally undrained conditions in the sensitive clay due to its low permeability. In the present study, this hypothesis and its implications on the global response and shear band properties are investigated. Utilizing an experimental setup with a modified triaxial cell allowing for shear band formation, the effect of varying the displacement rate is studied. Onset of strain localization is interpreted to occur just before or at the peak shear strength. A strong rate dependency of the softening response is observed. Increasing displacement rates give raised brittleness in terms of the slope of the global softening curve due to accumulating pore pressure. Also, reduced shear band thickness and a shear band inclination approaching 45° are obtained for increasing rates. In the context of slope failure in such materials, the rate dependency in the post-peak state opens up for a large variation in behavior, all depending on time as an important factor.     

短芯劲芯水泥土桩承载路堤失稳破坏模型试验

在劲芯水泥土桩承载路堤的工程应用中,芯桩比外桩短的情况比较普遍。但是,人们对短芯劲芯水泥土桩承载路堤的桩体破坏模式和失稳破坏机理的认识较为欠缺,无法合理评价路堤的稳定性。鉴于此,本文通过室内模型试验,开展短芯劲芯水泥土桩承载路堤失稳破坏模式研究。通过监测芯桩导电通路变化、芯桩桩身应变和桩土竖向应力,并结合PIV技术,综合分析桩体渐进式破坏模式和路堤整体失稳规律。研究结果表明,在路堤顶面下,荷载主要由芯桩承担,并随着超载增加,芯桩外桩荷载分担作用减小,但路堤失稳后芯桩仍具有一定荷载分担作用。在路堤失稳破坏过程中,路堤下桩体表现出受压破坏且芯桩底部局部鼓胀破坏,坡面下桩体表现出压弯和拉弯破坏模式,地基滑动面并不完全穿过桩体破坏位置。     

Numerically observed shear bands in soft sensitive clays

The numerical challenges that arise in modelling shear bands in soft sensitive (SS) clays have not yet been fully resolved. Convincing and well-accepted solutions have yet to be found. This paper presents some novel information related to the shear band phenomenon in SS clays. In this study, the hypothesis is that the generation and dissipation of excess pore pressure from shear bands could regularise the strain softening and result in a mesh independent shear band thickness. The generation and dissipation of excess pressure is modelled by a coupled consolidation process. The simulation aims at modelling two counteracting mechanisms in the SS clay. First, the shear band narrows because of strain softening. Second, the internal pore water pressure drainage reduces the rate of strain softening. This counteracting mechanism provides an inherent regularisation technique for SS clays. This study presents some numerical results involving these two counteracting mechanisms. This study also shows that an inherent internal parameter applicable for SS clays can be defined by the ratio between soil permeability and the applied strain rate. In the case of SS clays, the range of this parameter varies from 0 to 0.0002 mm.     

考虑循环应力比和频率影响的动荷载下软土微观结构研究

以杭州原状软土为研究对象,借助扫描电镜和PCAS微观定量测试技术,采用分形理论对波浪荷载下的饱和软土微观结构进行研究,探讨不同循环应力比和不同频率条件下孔隙的分布特征及其变化规律。结果表明：循环应力比越大或频率越低,试样破坏所需的循环次数越少;试样临界破坏应变水平随循环应力比的增加呈升高趋势,而不同频率下的临界破坏应变水平则基本一致;孔隙的尺度、排列、形态等特征均随循环应力比的变化呈规律性变化,但随频率变化没有明显的规律性;循环剪应力作用下,孔隙破碎的同时兼并生长,这是剪切带上褶皱现象的微观本质,并且孔隙排列方向与剪切带方向基本一致。通过循环加载前、后微观结构特征参数的变化规律,揭示了波浪荷载下循环应力比和频率对土体微观结构的影响以及土体宏观变形的微观机制。     

Evaluating the relative contributions of vegetation and flooding in controlling channel widening: the case of the Nepean River,southeastern Australia

Many lowland stream channels have dramatically widened over the last two centuries. There has been considerable debate about whether this widening was caused by an unusually large flood, by a series of large floods, or by decreased bank stability caused by clearing of riparian vegetation. The relative effects of floods and vegetation can be disentangled in southeastern Australia where streams have undergone both clearing of bank vegetation, and decadal sequences of relatively higher and lower flood magnitude and frequency. Archival aerial photographs of the Nepean River, in southeastern Australia, suggest that banks did not erode during periods of low flood magnitude (drought-dominated regime: from 1901–1949) whether they were cleared or not. However, during periods of flood-dominated regime (1950 to 1970s) only cleared stream banks eroded. Thus, on the upper Nepean River, clearing alone was insufficient to trigger erosion by small floods, and even large floods were unable to erode vegetated banks. The conclusion is that substantial channel widening in this river required both clearing of bank vegetation, and periods of unusually large and frequent floods. This conclusion is supported by geomechanical modelling that examine the reduction in bank shear strength arising from the loss of tree-root reinforcement. The modelling also suggests that bank instability arising from devegetation amplifies the potential for bank failure during the drawdown phase of a flood, leading to channel widening.     

屈服矿柱渐进破坏及应力分布数值模拟

采用拉格朗日元法,在矿柱端面上不存在水平方向摩擦力条件下,模拟了屈服矿柱的剪切带图案、渐进破坏特征、水平应力及垂直应力分布及演变。在弹性阶段,煤的本构关系为线弹性。峰值强度后煤的本构模型取为莫尔库仑剪破坏与拉破坏复合的应变软化模型。数值计算结果表明,矿柱具有渐进破坏特征。破坏首先以剪切带的形式发生在矿柱的4个角上。然后,矿柱两帮的剪切带逐渐向矿柱内部发展,形成两套剪切带网络,直到两套网络重叠,并进一步演化。倾斜的剪切带多次穿透矿柱。当矿柱处于峰值强度后,矿柱水平及垂直应力分布曲面已经变得凹凸不平。凹陷、凸起区分别对应剪切带中心及边缘。矿柱中部的水平应力较边缘大。因此,其边缘的强度较中心低。严格地讲,水平及垂直应力的分布不是单调的,呈现锯齿型。其原因是矿柱发生了条带状局部破坏。矿柱承载能力的不均匀性由矿柱水平应力的不均匀性所决定。     

On the THM behaviour of a sheared Boom clay sample: Application to the behaviour and sealing properties of the EDZ

In this study the effect of the temperature increase on the hydro-mechanical properties of sheared Boom clay samples is investigated. Two samples of Boom clay are resaturated in a new hollow cylinder triaxial cell with a short drainage path and then sheared by performing an axisymmetric triaxial loading. The effect of the undrained heating under deviatoric stress is studied on the first sample. It is shown that undrained temperature increase leads to an increase of pore water pressure and consequently to a decrease of the effective mean stress which brings the sample to failure. For an initially sheared sample, the failure occurs along the existing shear band which behaves as a weakness plane in the sample. The responses of the local strain measurement transducers clearly show the sliding of rigid blocks when failure occurs in the sample.The effect of the presence of a shear band on the permeability of the other Boom clay sample is investigated at ambient temperature and at 80 °C. It is shown that the presence of a shear band does not affect significantly the permeability. These results confirm the good self sealing properties of Boom clay at ambient and at high temperature.     

凹岸崩塌体对急弯河道水力特性的影响

二元结构河岸下部非黏性土层持续冲刷侵蚀,上部黏性土体崩塌并堆积于凹岸坡脚,改变弯道水流结构并影响河岸二次侵蚀过程。为探究崩塌体对急弯河道水力特性的影响,以荆江石首河段为背景,建立弯道三维水流数学模型,模拟不同崩塌体尺寸下的弯道水流结构,并对比分析壁面剪切力的变化规律。结果表明：(1)崩塌体堆积于凹岸坡脚驱离水流动力轴线,减小凹岸次环流强度并改变环流方向。(2)崩塌体对弯道不同区域壁面剪切力的影响不同,其中,床面及凸岸坡面的平均壁面剪切力增大;凹岸坡面平均壁面剪切力在崩塌体头部及上游区域减小,在崩塌体尾部区域增大。(3)崩塌体越大,剪切力变化幅度越大,剪切力相对变化幅度为崩塌体截面积变化幅度的2%～10%。研究成果可为河道整治及岸线规划利用提供技术支撑。