Performance of a compaction-grouted soil nail in laboratory tests

This study proposed a new soil nail known as the compaction-grouted soil nail, and a physical model was established to investigate its pull-out behaviour with different grouting pressures. The study on scale effect of the physical model was performed subsequently via numerical modelling. Additionally, interface shear tests were performed using the same boundary conditions as the physical model test. The strength parameters obtained were used to estimate the pull-out resistance of a conventional soil nail. The merits of these two soil nail types were compared based on their pull-out resistances. The physical model test results showed that the pull-out resistance of the compaction-grouted soil nail increases with increasing grouting pressure. In addition, the pull-out resistance exhibits hardening behaviour without a yield point, indicating that the compaction-grouted soil nail enables soils to remain stable against a relatively large deformation before ultimate failure. Furthermore, a higher grouting pressure results in a higher rate of increase for pull-out resistance versus pull-out displacement, which improves the performance of the compaction-grouted soil nail in the stabilization of large deformation problems. A comparison of the two types of soil nails suggests that the new compaction-grouted soil nail is more sensitive to grouting pressure than the conventional soil nail in terms of pull-out resistance improvement. In other words, the performance (pull-out resistance) of the compaction-grouted soil nail can be markedly improved by increasing the grouting pressure without inducing any accidental or undesired cracking or soil displacement.

     

The influence of the degree of saturation on compaction-grouted soil nails in sand

A series of large-scale model tests was conducted on compaction-grouted soil nails to study the influence of the degree of saturation on the soil response to compaction grouting and pull-out. The experimental results show that the initial degree of saturation of the soil strongly influences the grout injectability, thus the formed diameter of grout bulb. Subsequently, the diameter of the grout bulb alters the pull-out force, with larger grout bulbs generating higher pull-out forces and exhibiting greater hardening behaviour. Interestingly, the initial pull-out forces are the same for the same grouting pressure, regardless of the initial degree of saturation and the subsequently grout bulb. In addition, some of the main factors influencing the pressure grouting and pull-out of the soil nail, as the initial degree of saturation varies, are as follows. First, the variations in the soil pressure and density with the initial degree of saturation are similar to that of the volume of grout injected, and the compression of the soil induced by pressure grouting exhibits a similar evolution with the initial degree of saturation at different locations. Second, the initial degree of saturation of the soil sample plays a dominant role in the change in suction during pressure grouting and pull-out of soil nail. Third, the horizontal soil pressure derived from the pull-out of soil nail propagates closely in the soil sample of lower initial degree of saturation. The vertical soil pressure induced by the vertical soil dilation and squeezing effect varies in accidence with the initial degree of saturation and the grout bulb.

     

砂土地基冲击碾压加固效果影响因素的试验研究

冲击碾压技术已在国内外公路工程、机场工程以及港口工程等不同行业得到广泛应用,但有关冲击碾压加固效果的影响因素及影响规律尚不明确。文章利用自行研制的冲击碾压模拟试验设备,通过室内模型试验手段,分析冲击轮重量、冲击轮形状、牵引速度、土体的初始密实状态及冲击碾压遍数等因素对砂土地基冲击碾压加固效果的影响。试验结果表明:冲击轮重量对砂土地基冲击碾压加固效果的影响起主要作用,冲击轮单轮质量大于10 t时冲击碾压加固砂土地基的影响深度明显增加,2.4~3.6 m深度范围的加固效果最明显;初始状态为松散至中密的砂土对应的冲击碾压加固效果较好;三边形冲击轮的冲击碾压加固效果明显优于四边形和五边形冲击轮;牵引速度在12 km/h范围内时,砂土地基的冲击碾压加固效果随牵引速度的增加而增长,但牵引速度为9 km/h时,浅表层1.4 m深度范围的加固效果较好;同时在12遍冲碾过程中,浅层2.4 m深度范围的加固效果随着冲碾遍数的增加而有较明显增长。研究成果可为冲击碾压法加固浅层砂土地基的设计与施工提供参考。     

Analysis of soil nail walls performance - Case study

This study surveys the performance of temporary soil nail walls with a maximum height of 29.3 m in the Yas project, located in Tehran. Some numerical models, with various modelling approaches, were developed using finite element software and the proper modelling approaches were specified and verified.The modelling results were analysed and compared with the in situ monitored data. The results demonstrate the model’s horizontal deformations are generally greater than the in situ monitored values. To decrease the differences between models and monitored results, the effect of variations of the soil parameters had been surveyed and the limits of needed variations were specified.     

基于动力触探的钙质土相对密实度研究

圆锥动力触探试验(DCPT)是一种用来预测地基土相对密实度的方法。然而,现有的预测公式主要针对石英土。为解决这一问题,通过现场以及室内模型试验,得到了轻型动力触探贯入指标与钙质土相对密实度之间的关系。可知相比于石英土,粒径对钙质土贯入指标的影响较为显著。若采用现有公式计算钙质土的相对密实度,得到的数值偏大,结果偏于危险。为了便于工程应用,基于Butterfield改进的量纲分析理论,建立了一种可将不同形式DCPT的贯入指标进行相互转化的方法,实现了轻型与重型动力触探指标之间的相互转换,进而得到了重型动力触探贯入指标与钙质土相对密实度之间的关系。根据现场重型动力触探试验数据可知,上述关系的计算结果与现场实测结果吻合良好。     

压实过程对红黏土的孔隙分布影响研究

为研究压实作用对红黏土孔隙分布的影响,采用液氮冻干法对经过压力板仪脱至残余含水率后的压实试样进行干燥,继而利用孔隙仪测试其孔隙分布特征。结果表明,不同干密度试样的孔隙分布特征在孔径d >10 μm范围内差异性比较明显,干密度越大分布在该范围内的孔隙越少,但所有试样的大部分孔隙主要分布在孔径d <0.1 μm的范围内,并且分布密度十分相似。换言之,常规压实作用只能改变土体某一较大孔径范围内的孔隙,而对小孔径的孔隙改变不大,这也对于说明红黏土路基填料的压实,常规的压实作用对提高土体的压实度幅度有一定范围。     

土钉抗拔试验过程中钉周土体应力变化研究

土钉的抗拔强度是土钉支护结构设计需要用到的重要参数。抗拔强度的大小取决于拔出过程中作用于土钉表面的法向应力的大小。通过室内模型抗拔试验以及三维有限元分析,研究了钻孔灌注型土钉在钻孔、注浆及拔出过程中土钉杆周围土体中的应力变化情况。研究发现,对于钻孔灌注型土钉,孔周土体中的应力在钻孔结束时几乎全部释放掉;对于低压灌浆土钉,灌浆结束到浆体硬化的过程中土钉杆周围土体中的应力没有得到有效恢复;拔出过程中,由于土体的剪胀变形受到约束,土钉周围土体中的应力随着拔出位移的增加逐渐增加,从而导致抗拔应力的增加,说明土的剪胀性对钻孔灌注型土钉来说非常重要,对于低剪胀性土,需要通过增加灌浆压力等方法对钻孔过程中释放掉的应力进行补偿     

强夯失效地基土的补救方法

针对强夯后失效土的特点,提出了采用灰土短桩复合地基加固失效土地基的方法,并对加固前后地基土的宏观力学行为进行了深入分析,指出处理这种类型的失效地基,可采用本文提出的方法。该方法可以在保证处理效果的基础上,达到缩短加固工期减少处理费用的目的。     

Subcritical compaction and yielding of granular quartz sand

Cylindrical samples of water-saturated, initially loose, St. Peter quartz sand were consolidated using triaxial deformation apparatus at room temperature, constant fluid pressure (12.5 MPa), and elevated confining pressures (up to 262.5 MPa). The samples were deformed along four loading paths: (1) hydrostatic stressing tests in which confining pressure was monotonically increased; (2) hydrostatic stress cycling similar to (1) except that effective pressure was periodically decreased to initial conditions; (3) triaxial deformation at constant effective pressure in which differential stress was applied after raising effective pressure to an elevated level; and (4) triaxial stress cycling similar to (3) except that the axial differential stress was periodically decreased to zero. Hydrostatic stressing at a constant rate results in a complex nonlinear consolidation response. At low pressures, large strains occur without significant acoustic emission (AE) activity. With increased pressure, the stress versus strain curve becomes quasi-linear with a corresponding nonlinear increase in AE rates. At elevated pressures, macroscopic yielding is marked by the onset of large strains, high AE rates, and significant grain failure. Stress cycling experiments show that measurable inelastic strain occurs at all stages of hydrostatic loading. The reload portions of stress cycles are characterized by a poro-elastic response and lower AE rates than during constant rate hydrostatic stressing. As the stress nears and exceeds the level that was applied during previous loading cycles, strain and AE rates increase in a manner consistent with yielding. Triaxial stressing cycles achieve greater consolidation and AE rates than hydrostatic loading at similar mean stress levels. By comparing our results with previously published studies, we construct a three-component model to describe elastic and inelastic compaction of granular sand. This model involves acoustically silent grain rearrangement that contributes significant inelastic strain at low pressures, poro-elastic (Hertzian) deformation at all pressures, and inelastic strain related to granular cracking and particle failure which increases in significance at greater pressures.     

科尔沁沙漠区风积沙动力压实特性研究

沙漠区修筑公路,优质路基填料匮乏。依据就近原则,选用沙漠区储量丰富的风积沙作为路基填料,分析其矿物成分、化学成分、酸碱度、含盐量与级配特征。进一步探究不同试验方法（击实试验、振动台法、表面振动压实仪法）与试验控制条件下,风积沙干密度受因素控制的变化规律与压实特征。风积沙击实曲线与振动压实曲线均呈现“振实-振松-再振实”造成的“多峰”特征, 振动法所得干密度一般优于对应含水率条件下击实试验所得干密度。振动台法在风积沙含水率接近饱和时振动的效果最好,风积沙的干密度最大,表面振动压实仪法3层填料的振动压实效果明显好于1层填料方式,进而可用于施工指导。     

土钉与土体间的应力传递研究

根据土钉与土体间剪应力-相对位移关系曲线,分析了土钉与土体间荷载传递机理,建立了土钉与土体间应力传递的力学模型。利用截面上的平衡条件,推导了有别于传统假设的作用在土钉上的应力分布及变形表达式,从理论上分析了土钉与土体间的应力传递规律,并结合工程实测数据验证了该模型的合理性。     

老粘性土中某喷锚滑坡事故的分析及处理

介绍了老粘性土层中某喷锚的滑坡事故,并根据滑坡体的形态,进行了反演计算,分析了滑坡原因。该滑坡的分析和处理为今后老粘性土层中喷锚的设计和施工提供了有益的启示。     

冲击碾压加固砂土模型试验研究

冲击碾压技术(IR)已在国内外公路、机场等工程的地基处理中得到大量应用,处理的深度明显大于传统静碾和振动压实技术,具有施工快速、节省工期和施工成本等优点,逐渐受到工程界和学术界的重视。关于冲击碾压技术的理论研究明显落后于工程实践,为进一步促进冲击碾压技术在工程中的合理应用,采用自行研制的冲击碾压模拟试验设备进行了模型试验研究,探讨冲击轮质量和牵引速度对冲碾加固效果的影响以及冲碾过程滚动冲击产生的冲击荷载形式和冲击能量在砂土中传递与衰减的过程。研究结果表明,冲击轮的质量和牵引速度对冲击碾压加固效果有明显影响,通过增加冲击轮质量可以明显增大土中浅层深度范围内的冲碾加固效果,牵引速度在冲碾过程中存在最佳值,接近最佳牵引速度时的冲碾加固效果最好;三边形冲击轮滚动冲击产生的冲击荷载为瞬变单脉冲形式,且在冲击接触面上不均匀分布,表现为接触面中心处冲击荷载较大而两侧明显较小;冲碾过程中冲击能量主要以瞬变非周期性脉冲形式在土体中传播,沿竖直方向传递,其衰减过程以负幂函数形式进行。     

The effects of soil sand contents on characteristics of humic acids along soil profiles

It is generally accepted that the compositions and properties of soil organic matter (SOM) are influenced by many factors. In order to reveal the effects of soil texture on characteristics and dynamics of SOM and its sub-fraction, humic acid (HA), along two soil profiles, a yellow soil profile and a purplish soil profile, under the same climate and vegetation conditions were determined. Results indicate that the decomposition and humification degrees of SOM and HA of the purplish soils are higher than those of the corresponding yellow soils indicated by A/O–A ratios of HAs, TOCs and HA yields of bulk soil samples, nevertheless, the development degree of the purplish soil is lower than that of the yellow soil. The variations of E₄/E₆ ratios of HAs along the soil profiles indicate the overall molecular sizes of HAs decreased downward along the soil profiles. A/O–A ratios of HAs decreased downward along both the soil profiles indicate that humification processes decrease downward along both the soil profiles. Leaching of SOM shows significant effects on the distribution and characteristics of HAs in the yellow soil profile but the purplish soil profile, which is consistent with the higher hydrophobicity of HAs in purplish soils, shows that the distribution characteristics of SOM along the soil profiles are a complex result of the combination of soil texture and characteristics of SOM itself. The remarkably different sand contents are concluded tentatively as one of reasons to the different distributions and dynamics of HAs along the soil profiles, however, to profoundly understand the evolution and transport of SOM along soil profiles needs more researches.     

麦秸秆加筋盐渍土重型击实效果的影响因素分析

为解决因滨海盐渍土的盐胀和溶陷而引起土的强度降低问题,可采用麦秸秆加筋的方法处理盐渍土,以提高土的强度和抗变形能力。将盐渍土与一定长度和数量的防腐麦秸秆均匀拌和在一起,按照一定的碾压功将其碾压密实,此时土的含水率、麦秸秆的质量加筋率和加筋长度是影响加筋土重型击实效果的3个因素。试验结果揭示,（1）加筋土的最大干密度均小于盐渍土的,最优含水率变化不大。（2）与盐渍土一样,随着含水率的增加,加筋土的干密度先升后降。（3）随质量加筋率和加筋长度的增加,加筋土的最优含水率变化不明显,最大干密度持续下降,但降幅较小。（4）0.2%质量加筋率加筋土的干密度最大,0.3%质量加筋率的最小。（5）30 mm加筋长度加筋土的干密度最大,70 mm加筋长度的最小。建议按0.2%质量加筋率和30 mm加筋长度的防腐麦秸秆制备三轴压缩试样,以研究麦秸秆加筋滨海盐渍土的抗剪强度和应力-应变特性。     

Influences of overburden pressure and soil dilation on soil nail pull-out resistance

Soil nailing is the most popular technique for stabilizing newly formed and existing sub-standard slopes in Hong Kong because of its economic and technical advantages. The nail–soil interface shear resistance is an important parameter in design of soil nailed structures. A three-dimensional finite element model was established and used for simulating soil nail pull-out tests. The finite element model was verified by comparing simulated results with measured data. The agreement between the experimental and simulated results in terms of both average pull-out shear stress and stress variation was very good. Using this finite element model, a parametric study was carried out to study the influences of the overburden pressure and soil dilation angle on the soil nail pull-out resistance. The simulated peak pull-out resistance was not directly related to the overburden pressure, which was coincident with the observations in laboratory pull-out tests. The simulated pull-out resistance increased significantly with the increase in dilation angle of the shearing zone. This analysis indicated that the constrained dilatancy of the nail–soil interface and the soil surrounding the nail contributed a lot to the development of peak pull-out resistance.     

Reliability analysis of soil nail walls

In India, soil nail walls are being extensively used for supporting vertical excavations below ground level to accommodate construction of one-or two-storied basements. Generally, the depth of excavations for basement construction ranges from 10 m to 15 m. For such large depth of excavation, variability of in-situ soil properties has significant influence on the stability of the soil nail walls. In the present study, using reliability analysis, an attempt is made to study the influence of variability of in-situ soil properties on the stability of soil nail walls. For better understanding, a case of 10 m high soil nail wall constructed to support a vertical cut is considered for the study and its stability is evaluated for various failure modes. Additionally, the influence of correlation among soil parameters on soil nail wall stability is assessed. In-situ soil friction angle and correlation between in-situ soil cohesion and angle of friction are found to influence soil nail wall stability significantly. In general, reliability analysis provided a better insight into the assessment of stability of soil nail wall.     

土钉抗拔承载力的原位试验研究

根据土钉现场抗拔试验数据,分析了钉材、浆液龄期等因素对土钉抗拔承载力的影响,建议了合理的下层土钉开挖时间。最后通过试验土钉抗拔力反算土体与锚固体的极限粘结强度,并与规范推荐值进行了比较。     

压实度对铁盐稳定化砷、锑污染土特性的影响及机制研究

压实度是影响铁盐稳定化砷(As)、锑(Sb)污染土环境岩土工程特性的主要因素之一。通过测定不同压实度铁盐稳定剂(PFSC)稳定化As、Sb污染土无侧限抗压强度(UCS)、As和Sb浸出浓度、渗透系数kw,研究了压实度对PFSC稳定化As、Sb污染土环境岩土工程特性的影响规律。通过工业CT扫描、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)明确了稳定化土微观孔隙特征、元素价态随压实度的变化规律。As的浸出浓度随着压实度的提高先降低后略微上升,压实度为93%时,As的浸出浓度最低;Sb的浸出浓度随着压实度的提高而降低,压实度大于85%后趋于平稳。压实度由75%提高至96%,稳定化土UCS由4.26 kPa增大至43.78 kPa。压实度由80%提高至96%,稳定化土k_w由1.33×10^–7 m/s降低至2.81×10^–9 m/s。工业CT扫描结果表明,随着压实度的提高,土体逐渐紧实,土体孔隙度由7.54%降低至5.30%。As、Sb和Fe的XPS分析结果表明,压实度增高促使As(Ⅴ)、Sb(Ⅴ)和Fe(Ⅲ)分别向As(Ⅲ)、Sb(Ⅲ)和Fe(Ⅱ...