土的力学性质对冻胀力影响的试验研究

Frost heaving stresses are a result of thermal, mechanical, and chemical forces. The process is complicated, and despite numerous publications on the subject, as yet there is no clear consensus on the model of mechanical interaction for soil freezing. Frost heaving stresses depends on mechanical properties of soil and conditions of measurements. Mechanical equilibrium between water, ice and soil particles based on the generalized Clapeyron equation and deformability of the components is considered. Increase of volume of freezing soil due to water flow to freezing fridge and phase transfer affects surrounding soil layers and appears to be the major reason of change of stress-strain conditions. A simplified model of mechanical interaction between soil and engineering construction is proposed. Experimental results of study of frost heaving forces by sensors of variable frigidity are presented. The experiments with different types of soil in conditions of open and close system were performed to provide a basis for the model and further estimations. Ongoing improvements and possible applications are discussed.     

冻胀过程与冻结缘特性

The complex process of soil freezing which relates to moisture field, temperature and stress field usually accompanies water migration and crystallization. The mechanism of water migration in the -frozen fringe is blurry though there have rather mature theory analyzing water migration in the unfrozen zone and fully-frozen zone. It is a visualized and easy method to calculate the potential gradient of frozen fringe by frost heave amount, the duration of the steady state of frost heaving and the coefficient of permeability based on the Darcy penetration theory, not directly considering water driving force, ice segregation temperature and the thickness of frozen fringe. The method is feasible by comparing the calculated amount of frost-heaving with the test data.     

一种新的分层冻胀量观测方法及其在季节冻土区的应用

Observation of delamination frost-heave is of significance in the study of foundation frost damage. The three main methods of observing delamination frost-heave, which are mono-frost-heave-ruler method, multi-frost-heave-ruler method and magnetic-loop method, are briefly introduced in this paper at first. Their respective advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. And then, according to the mechanism of frost-heave and the law of water migration and ice-forming in the freezing soil, a new approximate indirect method of observing the delamination frost-heave, which is antitheses, is brought forward by comparing surface frost-heave and frost-depth. On the basis of observation result in Chengyu Expressway and Daqing, its applicability is analyzed from three aspects under different groundwater level and soil property in seasonal frozen area. The result shows that this method is applicable for these two areas.     

Progress and Prospects of Salt Lake Research in China

China has unique salt lake resources, and they are distributed in the east of Eurasian salt lake subzone of the Northern Hemisphere Salt Lake Zone, mainly concentrated in the regions with modern mean annual precipitation lower than 500 mm. This paper preliminarily reviews the progress made in salt lake research in China for the past 60 years. In the research of Paleoclimate and paleoenvironment from salt lake sediments, a series of salts have been proposed to be indicators of paleoclimate, and have been well accepted by scholars. The chloride-sulfate depositional regions of the west Qaidam and the east Tarim have been revealed to be the drought center of China since the Quaternary, and more than 6 spreading stages of arid climate(salt forming) have been identified. Five pan-lake periods with highstands have been proved to exist during the late Quaternary on the Tibetan Plateau. In mineral resource prospecting and theories of the forming of salt deposits: the atlas(1:2500000) of hydrochemical zoning of salt lakes on the Tibetan Plateau has been compiled for the first time, revealing the zonal distribution and transition from carbonate type to chloride type from south to north and presenting corresponding mineral assemblages for different type of salt lakes; several large continental salt deposits have been discovered and the theory of continental potash deposition has been developed, including the salt deposition in deep basins surrounded by high mountains, the mineral deposition from multistage evolution through chains of moderate or shallow lakes with multilevels, the origin of potassium rich brines in gravel layers, and the forming of potassium deposits through the inheriting from ancient salt deposits, thus establishing the framework of "Continental Potash Deposition Theory"; several new types of Mg-borate deposits have been discovered, including the ulexite and pinnoite bed in Da Qaidam Lake, Qinghai, the pinnoite and kurnakovite bed in Chagcam Caka, Tibet, the kurnakovite bed in Lake Nyer, and the corresponding model of borate deposition from the cooling and dissolution of boron rich brines was proposed based on principles of geology, physics and chemistry. The anti-floatation-cold crystallization method developed independently has improved the capacity of KCl production to 3 million tons per year for the Qarham, serving the famous brand of potash fertilizer products. One 1.2 million ton K-sulfate production line, the biggest in the world, has been built in Lop Nor, and K-sulfate of about 1.6 million tons was produced in 2015. Supported by the new technology, i.e. brine preparation in winter-cooling-solarization-isolation-lithium deposition from salt gradient solar pond" the highest lithium production base at Zabuye Lake(4421 m), Tibet, has been established, which is the first lithium production base in China that reaches the year production of 5000 tons of lithium carbonate. The concept of Salt lake agriculture(Salt land agriculture) has been established based on the mass growth of Dunaliella and other bacillus-algae and the occurrence of various halophytes in saltmarsh and salt saline-alkali lands, finding a new way to increase arable lands and develop related green industry in salt rich environments. Finally this paper presents some new thoughts for the further research and development on salt science, and the further progress in salt science and technology will facilitate the maturing of the interdisciplinary science "Salinology".     

Using pore-solid fractal dimension to estimate residual LNAPLs saturation in sandy aquifers: A column experiment

The“tailing”effect caused by residual non-aqueous phase liquids(NAPLs)in porous aquifers is one of the frontiers in pollution hydrogeology research.Based on the current knowledge that the residual NAPLs is mainly controlled by the pore structure of soil,this study established a method for evaluating the residual saturation of NAPLs by investigating the fractal dimension of porous media.In this study,the soil column experiments of residual light NAPLs(LNAPLs)in sandy aquifer with different ratios of sands and soil were carried out,and the correlation between the fractal dimension of the medium,the residual of LNAPLs and the soil structure parameters are statistically analyzed,and its formation mechanism and main control factors are discussed.The results show that:Under our experimental condition:(1)the fractal dimension of the medium has a positive correlation with the residual saturation of NAPLs generally,and the optimal fitting function can be described by a quadratic model:S_R=192.02 D2-890.73 D+1040.8;(2)the dominant formation mechanism is:Smaller pores in the medium is related to larger fractal dimension,which leads to higher residual saturation of NAPLs;stronger heterogeneity of the medium is related to larger fractal dimension,which also leads to higher residual saturation of NAPLs;(3)the micro capillary pores characterized by fine sand are the main controlling factors of the formation mechanism.It is concluded that both the theory and the method of using fractal dimension of the medium to evaluate the residual saturation of NAPLs are feasible.This study provides a new perspective for the research of“tailing”effect of NAPLs in porous media aquifer.     

Mechanism of Salt Migration Driven by Tectonic Processes:Insights from Physical and Numerical Modeling

正1 Introduction Physical and numerical models are constructed to investigate the evolution and mechanism of salt migration driven by tectonic processes.In recent years,we have designed and ran series of models to simulate salt     

Study on frost heaving characteristics of sandstone under different freezing conditions北大核心CSCD

At present,artificial freezing method has become one of the effective methods for coal mine shaft to pass through water-rich soft rock strata,which can stop the movement of groundwater and limit the deformation of surrounding rock. In order to study the frost heaving characteristics of sandstone under different freezing conditions,frost heaving tests of saturated and dry Cretaceous red sandstone samples under different freezing rates （10 ℃·h-1,5 ℃·h-1,2 ℃·h-1,1 ℃·h-1）and different confining pressures（5 MPa,10 MPa,15 MPa,20 MPa,25 MPa）were carried out by using GCTS（Geotechnical Consulting & Testing Systems）servo-controlled low temperature and high pressure triaxial rock testing system. In this paper,based on the existing theory of physical and mechanical properties of frozen soil,we studied the frost heaving law of sandstone under different freezing conditions and explored the frost heaving mechanism. The result shows that in the process of cooling,the dry rock sample always produce cold shrinkage deformation,while the saturated rock sample first produce cold shrinkage deformation,then produce frost deformation,and finally the deformation tends to be stable. The deformation of saturated rock samples is much larger than that of dry rock samples. The larger the stress level of rock samples at the same temperature is,the smaller the frost deformation is,which shows a linear negative correlation,mainly because the high confining pressure limits the volume expansion of the water phase in the pore inside the rock samples when it becomes ice. The frost deformation of rock samples is mainly affected by confining pressure and water content,while the frost heaving rate is mainly affected by cooling rate. Under this test condition,the higher the cooling rate of sandstone is,the higher the frost heaving rate is,and the relationship between them is approximately linear. For saturated rock samples,the confining pressure reduces the rock frost heaving by limiting the expansion during the phase transformation of ice water,and the temperature affects the rock frost heaving by affecting the freezing rate of pore water and the thermal expansion and cold contraction of rock skeleton. For dry rock samples,the deformation is mainly due to the volume contraction of rock mineral particles caused by thermal expansion and cold contraction effect,and the greater the temperature change,the greater the deformation. Based on the experimental results and theoretical analysis method,a calculation formula of rock frost heaving considering the influence of confining pressure was established. By calculating the frost heave of sandstone samples under different confining pressures,it is found that the calculated values are in good agreement with the experimental results. Moreover,according to the calculation formula of frost heaving,the influence factors of rock frost heaving during freezing can be divided into two categories：internal cause and external cause. The internal cause includes porosity,saturation,volume modulus of ice and rock skeleton,and the external cause includes temperature and confining pressure. For saturated rock,the frost heaving is mainly affected by factors such as confining pressure,temperature and porosity. When the saturation,porosity and freezing rate are low,the rock may only produce shrinkage deformation,because these indicators determine whether the rock produces frost heave or freeze shrinkage. The mechanism of rock frost heaving is very complicated due to the interaction and restriction between the internal and external factors and the dynamic changes of rock micro-structure and mechanical properties during the process of frost heaving. The research results can provide theoretical reference for freezing construction scheme design of deep coal seam mine construction,and also provide a theoretical basis for the study of physical and mechanical properties and engineering application of soft rock in frozen soil area. © 2022 Science Press (China).     

On Biochemical Formation of Salt Deposits

A water/salt system in an evaporative environment is both a physicochemical region and a biological one. All the parameters of the system, such as the salinity, temperature and CO2 partial pressure, are affected by halo-philic bacteria. The system controls salt deposition but is modified by an accompanying ecological system; therefore it should be called a water/salt/biological system. Salt minerals result from accumulation of the remains of bacteria/algae, namely, bacteria/algae formation; whereas biological, biophysical and biochemical processes provide full evidence for organic involvement. Consequently, salt deposits should not be called purely chemical but biological/chemical ones. This new argument supplements and develops the traditional idea and helps perfect the mineralization theory of salts and even general deposits, thus giving guidance to prospecting for salt deposits.     

Prediction of undrained shear strength using extreme gradient boosting and random forest based on Bayesian optimization

Accurate assessment of undrained shear strength(USS)for soft sensitive clays is a great concern in geotechnical engineering practice.This study applies novel data-driven extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)and random forest(RF)ensemble learning methods for capturing the relationships between the USS and various basic soil parameters.Based on the soil data sets from TC304 database,a general approach is developed to predict the USS of soft clays using the two machine learning methods above,where five feature variables including the preconsolidation stress(PS),vertical effective stress(VES),liquid limit(LL),plastic limit(PL)and natural water content(W)are adopted.To reduce the dependence on the rule of thumb and inefficient brute-force search,the Bayesian optimization method is applied to determine the appropriate model hyper-parameters of both XGBoost and RF.The developed models are comprehensively compared with three comparison machine learning methods and two transformation models with respect to predictive accuracy and robustness under 5-fold cross-validation(CV).It is shown that XGBoost-based and RF-based methods outperform these approaches.Besides,the XGBoostbased model provides feature importance ranks,which makes it a promising tool in the prediction of geotechnical parameters and enhances the interpretability of model.     

Effect of Overpressure on Rock Frame and Its Implications for Overpressure Evolution

Overpressure is a hot topic in the study of sedimentary basins. It is important in generation,maturation migration,and accumulation of hydrocarbon,but the effects of overpressure on rock frame have not been investigated. In this study,experiments were carried out to study the effects of overpressure on rock frame structures using five core samples from the Junggar basin,Northwest China. The deformations and velocities for the samples were measured at different effective pressures related to non-equilibrium compaction and fluid expansion overpressure mechanisms. The results show that the effect of overpressure on rock frames gradually increases when the effective pressure drops down to a certain value (called critical pressure). Moreover,non-equilibrium compaction mechanism has more effects on rock frames than fluid expansion mechanism under the same effective pressure. Furthermore to study rock frame structural changes,we use Kuster and Toks?z's expressions to simulate the effective aspect ratios of inclusions α (penny shapes) for different effective pressures. The results show that the α decreases dramatically when the effective pressure decreases from the critical pressure. Changes of α can be interpreted as responses to the rock frame changes when grains conform one another by rotating and self-adjusting. However,different mechanisms of overpressure have different effects on rock frames. The rock frame can be affected more easily by overpressure in shallow regions generated by non-equilibrium compaction mechanism. Once this kind of rock frames are preserved after overpressure releases to a normal hydrostatic pressure,they can be identified by their specific rock frame characters. This method provides a new way to study overpressure release and fluid migration and accumulation.     

硫酸（亚硫酸）盐渍土单次盐胀和冻胀发育规律研究

对盐胀和冻胀规律的研究有助于深入认识硫酸（亚硫酸）盐渍土的工程性质。通过对天山北麓水磨河流域细土平原区硫酸（亚硫酸）盐渍土盐胀和冻胀试验研究发现：（1）随着温度的降低,试样盐胀和冻胀率逐渐增大。试样冻结前土体产生的膨胀是盐胀,试样冻结后产生的膨胀是盐胀和冻胀,当土体达到-15℃以后,土体盐胀和冻胀趋于稳定。（2）硫酸钠含量不变的情况下,随着含水量的增大,其起胀温度降低。土体起胀温度取决于土体中硫酸钠析水结晶温度、硫酸钠结晶含量的多少、土体结构、内摩阻力、粘聚力、土颗粒间的引力、土体孔隙间和孔隙接触间吸收结晶硫酸钠的程度。（3）硫酸钠含量增加,其单次盐胀和冻胀率变化区间增大。     

硫酸盐渍土机场地基处理换填覆重法研究

盐胀是硫酸盐渍土的主要危害,硫酸盐渍土机场地基处理的关键在于减少盐胀。通过不同荷载作用下的盐胀试验,研究了荷载对不同压实度、不同含盐量的硫酸盐渍土盐胀的抑制效果,拟合了盐胀经验公式,探讨了换填覆重法硫酸盐渍土机场地基处理。压实度不宜太高,在满足道面承载力的条件下建议在90%～95%之间取值;道面2 m以下可以填弱盐渍土,建议含盐量不要超过0.5%;水分危险点危害最大,必须重视排水设计。给出了确定换填覆重法最小荷载及最小厚度的方法。计算表明,覆重荷载50 kPa基本能抑制含盐量小于0.5%的硫酸盐渍土的盐胀,采用砂砾石材料最小覆重层厚度约2 m。换填覆重法在西北地区硫酸盐渍土机场地基处理中具有较好的应用前景。     

含盐冻土物理力学性质研究现状与进展

综述和评价了含盐冻土物理力学性质研究的文献和进展,包括冻融过程中水盐迁移机理、冻胀机理、盐渍冻土物理力学参数和冻融循环对含盐土力学性质影响等方面的研究,总结归纳了含盐土研究的主要结论和目前存在的问题,在此基础上提出了冻融过程中含盐冻土物理力学性质研究的重点,如水盐迁移、冻胀-盐胀机理和盐渍化冻土结构性等. 鉴于对含盐土研究中所存在的问题,今后应从以下方面着手深入研究：将室外试验纳入到含盐土物理力学性质的研究中,对含盐土研究中试验样品尽量以原状土代替,以野外试验研究补充完善室内试验;应用定量研究含盐土的微观结构和孔隙特征来描述土体的宏观物理力学性质,通过不同试验方法结合寻求更加适合土壤微结构图像处理的新方法;对仪器设备改进,采取合理有效的方法加强盐渍化冻土水盐运移参数试验.     

盐分与压实度对盐渍土起始冻胀含水率的影响

季冻区盐渍土冻胀病害影响工程质量。水分、密度及盐分的变化影响季冻土冻胀特性。以吉林省农安县旱地盐渍土为研究对象,通过室内冻胀实验讨论了含水率、压实度、含盐量对盐渍土冻胀规律的影响,分析起始冻胀含水率随盐分和压实度的变化规律。试验研究表明:较大的压实度和较高的含水率有利于冻胀。土体在较低含水率和较低压实度时发生冻缩,随着含水率和压实度的增大,冻缩量减小至零,随后发生冻胀,冻胀（缩）量与含水率基本呈线性关系。因此,存在起始冻胀含水率,该值随着压实度的增大而线性减小,随含盐量的增加而整体呈增大趋势。塑限与压实度对盐渍土起始冻胀含水率的影响可以拟合出相应线性公式,随着含盐量增加,该公式的系数整体呈增大趋势。在前人总结出的公式基础上增加压实度这一参数,为后续季冻区盐渍土的冻胀特性研究提供参考与理论依据。     

寒冷地区输水渠道冻胀破坏链式分析及减灾研究

寒冷地区输水渠道在运行过程中,由于持续负温的影响,地温逐步下降,引起渠基土体水分分布发生变化导致土体冻胀,致使输水渠道结构破坏,这种作用影响所表现出来的链式效应是冻胀破坏作用的重要特征。为了探明寒冷地区输水渠道冻胀破坏机理,分析渠道的冻胀破坏因素,引入链式破坏理论进行分析。从系统理论出发,分析冻胀破坏系统的链式关系结构,建立冻胀破坏链式效应关系模型。以寒冷地区渠道衬砌结构冻胀破坏为例,分析经过一个冻融周期,渠基土体颗粒、土体成分组成、气温、地温变化规律和土壤水分迁移规律对渠道衬砌结构冻胀破坏的影响。分析渠道衬砌结构冻胀破坏链式机理,是在外部环境气温、水分等条件输入下,地温分布受土体性质及土体水分的影响,土体水分迁移受地温和土体性质的作用,土体产生冻胀是对地温和水分分布作用的响应,以此为依据提出寒区渠道冻胀破坏断链减灾方法。     

冰透镜体形成过程中的土体破裂驱动力研究综述

随着寒区工程高等级化和变形限制要求的进一步严格化,冻胀问题已经成为寒区工程建设考虑的关键问题。造成冻胀的原因在于外界水分迁移冻结并形成冰透镜体,因此,深入认识冰透镜体形成问题对解决实际工程中的冻害问题具有重要的意义。由于冰透镜体的形成受控于土体破裂驱动力,因此,深入开展冻结过程中的土体破裂驱动力研究对阐明冰透镜体的生长机理以及解决工程冻胀问题具有重要的指导意义。通过对国内外在土体冻结过程中的土体破裂驱动力方面的研究进行综合评述,指出各研究结果之间的异同点。基于各研究结果的相同点,分析了目前土体破裂驱动力研究中存在的不足,并提出了今后研究发展的方向。     

开放系统下硫酸钠盐对土体冻胀的影响

易溶盐在土中的存在及其在冻结过程中的重新分布对土体的冻结过程有重要影响.在开放系统单向冻结条件下,对青藏铁路沿线粉质红粘土进行了冻结试验.结果表明:随着冷能的持续传递,硫酸钠盐和水分向温度较低处迁移,土体0℃曲线持续降低;但基于测定的含盐土大量冻结温度的基础上,对土体冻深的研究发现,在开放单向冻结条件下土体冻深随着水盐迁移进程的发展而减小,造成与补蒸馏水的土体相比,土体的冻胀较小.同时,利用冻深发展曲线和硫酸钠水溶液相图及溶解度曲线,对土柱中的冻胀和盐胀分别进行了计算,结果认为:土体变形主要是由冻胀引起,硫酸钠结晶膨胀只发生在未冻土段,这与试验结束后对土体冻土段和未冻土段的干密度分层测定的试验结果相一致.     

吉林省大安地区盐渍土室内冻胀试验研究

吉林省大安地区分布着大量盐渍土,冬季温度降低后土体发生冻胀会引,会引发一系列工程危害。本文对吉林省大安地区盐渍土体进行野外取样,并进行室内基本物理、化学及物质组成试验,通过室内冻胀试验模拟土体冻胀过程,查明土体冻胀特性。试验结果表明,研究区土体为碳酸盐渍土,钠离子含量较高,交换性阳离子含量较高;土体在冻胀过程中其击实度、含水率及土体中含盐量均不同程度影响着冻胀结果,对于各含盐量下土样均存在最佳击实度;盐分过少时对冻胀产生抑制作用,达到一定含盐量后产生盐胀,对冻胀产生促进作用;研究区起始冻胀含水率为21%。该结论为防治吉林省西部盐渍土地区由冻胀作用带来的工程灾害防治提供理论依据。     

青海北部高含盐细砂冻胀特性研究

为研究盐分含量和含水量对青海北部高饱和盐渍砂土冻胀特性的影响,为高盐含量地区道路设计和施工提供理论依据及参考,通过对含盐量和含水量不同的盐渍砂土进行冻胀试验,开展了对高含盐饱和细砂土的冻胀特性的试验研究,得到了含水量及含盐量对砂土冻胀量的影响规律,发现含盐细砂的起胀温度受含水量的影响不大,而主要取决于含盐量。当含盐量为5%时,起胀温度最高,然后随含盐量的增加而降低。冻胀率随着温度的降低而升高。含盐量相同时,土样的冻胀率随含水率的增加呈“S”型递增趋势。在含水量固定情况下,含盐量小于5%时,冻胀率与含盐量成正比;含盐量大于5%时,冻胀率与含盐量成反比。可用多项式拟合出冻胀率随不同含水率、含盐量的变化规律。     

季节冻土区水盐迁移及土体变形特性模型试验研究

为研究盐渍化冻土水分、盐分迁移规律以及变形特性,探索寒区旱区土壤盐渍化机制,配制了不同含盐量的粉质黏土进行模型试验。试验结果表明,温度、水分、盐分和土体变形之间相互耦合。温度降低有利于盐晶体析出和未冻水结冰;反之,温度升高易于晶体溶解和冰融化。水盐相变过程中伴随能量的释放或吸收,影响土体温度。盐分改变了流体的动力黏度和土体冻结温度,并且盐分结晶使土体产生较大的吸力,加剧了未冻水含量的变化。水分是盐分迁移的介质,盐分以离子形式随未冻水迁移。降温期水分盐分向上迁移,升温期迁移方向相反。迁移速率与吸力有关,冻结缘附近吸力最大,速率最快。盐渍化冻土的变形是盐分和水分共同作用的结果,含盐量较低时冻胀和融沉是土体变形的主要因素;当含盐量较高时盐胀和溶陷占主导作用。