主应力轴旋转下小偏压固结密实粉土崩塌特性及孔压模型研究

为研究主应力轴旋转复杂动应力对偏压固结粉土的性状演变影响,以空心圆柱试样为对象,开展具有不同初始固结比的密实粉土（Dr＝70%）在不排水主应力轴循环旋转下的系列试验。结果表明：①初始固结比不大于1.5时,主应力轴旋转导致试样发生中低应变崩塌,进而液化的脆性破坏模式;而固结比大于1.5时,试样变为应变持续稳定开展至高应变,孔压最终进入动态平衡的延性破坏模式,且不同固结比下试样发生崩塌液化和稳态延性破坏的孔压峰值间不存在交叉。②小偏压固结试样的液化峰值孔压和崩塌孔压均随固结比增加而有规律地下降,但受动剪应力水平影响很小,这与等压固结试样的崩塌孔压值受控于剪应力水平有很大差异。③相同初始球应力水平下,崩塌振次反映的小偏压固结试样强度高于等压固结试样,但在偏压条件下强度与固结比不存在单调变化关系,表明小偏压固结试样崩塌除受制初始围压水平外,很大程度上还取决于偏压程度。④基于上述试验结果,提出了主应力轴循环旋转下小偏压固结粉土的孔压预测模型,该模型不仅突显了崩塌状态对相变及液化破坏的重要预测作用,还反映了固结比和动剪应力对孔压开展的综合影响。     

基于耗散能量的饱和黄土动孔压模型

通过一系列不排水动三轴试验探究了饱和黄土振动液化过程中孔隙水压力和累积耗散能量的演化模式,并讨论了围压、动应力幅值和固结应力比对其演化过程的影响。结果表明：饱和黄土的孔隙水压力和耗散能量随着循环荷载作用逐渐累积。固结围压抑制孔隙水压力增长而消耗更多能量;更大的动应力幅值使得孔隙水压力增长更快而消耗能量更少;等压固结下,孔隙水压力增长至围压从而触发初始液化,而偏压固结下,通常先达到振动液化应变标准而孔隙水压力并没有增长至围压水平,并且固结应力比越大,液化时孔隙水压力越小,消耗能量也更少。归一化孔隙水压力u/σ₀’与累积耗散能量W/W_f之间关系受围压、循环应力比和固结应力比影响较小,可统一用双曲线模型表示。     

饱和击实黄土的动力特性研究

通过进行不同固结条件下饱和击实黄土的动三轴试验,研究了饱和击实黄土的动模量、阻尼比、动强度、动孔压及抗液化特性。研究结果表明：饱和击实黄土的动应力-应变关系符合双曲线模型,模型中参数起始动剪切模量和最大动应力与轴向固结应力间均有良好的幂函数关系,且可以对不同固结应力状态归一,固结围压和固结比对阻尼比的影响较小。动剪应力比随固结围压的增大而减小,随固结比的增大而增大。固结围压、固结比以及动应力皆对动孔压比（ ）与振次比关系有显著的影响,而动孔压与破坏时动孔压之比与振次比关系只受固结围压变化的影响,基本上不受固结比和动应力变化的影响,可以用幂函数关系来模拟;在均压固结条件下,当破坏振次小于等于30时,饱和击实黄土不会产生液化,而当破坏振次较大（动应力较小）时可以产生液化;在偏压固结条件下不会产生液化。     

不同应力路径下饱和重塑黄土的力学特性

土体的力学特性往往因应力状态和应力路径而异。为了探讨垂直加载和等剪路径下饱和土的力学特性,制备饱和重塑黄土试样,通过固结不排水（CU）和常剪应力排水剪（CSD）三轴试验,分别测定并绘制其应力-应变曲线、孔隙水压力变化曲线和应力路径曲线。试验结果表明,饱和重塑黄土在2种路径下有明显不同的变形特点:CU路径下的应力-应变曲线皆呈弱软化型,孔隙水压力先快速上升后逐渐趋于稳定;CSD路径下维持偏应力为一常量,施加孔隙水压力后的很长时间内试样变形很小,当孔隙水压力增大至试验围压的60%~75%时,试样迅速破坏。CSD路径无偏应力峰值,文中根据轴应变随平均有效应力变化曲线定义了等效峰值破坏线。通过对比发现,2种路径下饱和重塑黄土的有效峰值强度指标差异明显,而有效残余强度指标相近,表明有效残余强度指标是重塑黄土内在属性,受应力路径的影响不大。该研究结果可为实际工程选取正确的应力路径试验提供参考。     

Dominant particle support mechanisms in debris flows at Mt Thomas, New Zealand, and implications for flow mobility

Within zones of little or no deformation by internal shearing in debris flows at Mt Thomas, about two-thirds of the weight of large particles is supported by buoyancy and about one-third by static grain to-grain contact. In boundary shear zones of low velocity flows and in high velocity, turbulent debris flow, grain-to grain contact is replaced by turbulence and dispersive pressure. Cohesive strength of the clay + silt + water interstitial fluid provides less than 2 % of the force keeping particles larger than 1 cm gravel in suspension. Excess pore pressure is generated in the interstitial fluid by the weight of coarse particles suspended in the slurry. According to Coulomb strength theory, pore pressures measured in these debris-flow slurries reduce the shear strength of the material to less than 10 % of what it is in the unsaturated state. The excess pore pressures are slow to dissipate because of the small connections between pore spaces that result from the extremely poor sorting of the debris and the presence of silt and clay in the pore fluid. Maintenance of sufficient pore space to trap fluid and facilitate flow on low-gradient slopes may be accomplished by dilatancy and subsequent partial liquefaction of the debris during shear.     

强震触发黄土滑坡流滑机理的试验研究——以宁夏党家岔滑坡为例

针对地震触发低角度、长距离流态化黄土滑坡的问题,以1920年宁夏海原大地震触发的西吉县党家岔滑坡为典型案例,开展较为详细的现场勘查与工程地质测绘工作,并结合室内试验研究,揭示了党家岔滑坡特殊的形成机制及运动特征。结果表明:在强震过程中,马兰黄土的原始结构遭到摧毁性的破坏,上层非饱和黄土震裂损伤,后缘拉裂,底部潜在滑带的高饱和黄土层内超孔隙水压力骤增,并产生明显液化,强度骤减,塑性变形急剧累积,剪切面逐渐贯通;之后坡体在地震力水平抛射作用下,高速启动,几个滑块先后沿着295°、300°、80°方向滑向中间沟槽,然后碰撞变向顺沟而下;液化层呈泥流状向前运移,表现为典型的“剪切稀化”流体,达到极低的稳态强度和表观动力黏度,浮拖上部滑体产生低角度、长距离运移,冲出沟口后受到对面山体阻挡,转向沿着堡玉沟往下游侧扩离,整个滑程长达3 km。研究成果有助于深入认识强震条件下流态化滑坡的形成机制,对于防控黄土地区地质灾害具有一定的参考价值和指导意义。     

强震区黄土结构演变与力学响应机制

黄土因其遇水产生湿陷变形而对工程构筑物的安全性造成严重威胁.强震区黄土遭遇先期地震后其内部结构将发生变化,结构演变与黄土初始含水量密切相关.先期地震对黄土的结构性破坏引起宏观力学特征变化,为揭示强震区黄土结构演变与力学响应的内在机制,基于动三轴对黄土试样预先施加不同PGA(peak ground acceleration)条件下动荷载进行预震处理,模拟强震区先期地震对黄土的扰动,后进行固结不排水试验,分析抗剪强度指标与地震荷载及初始含水量的关联性.试验结果表明,初始含水率为2%时,预先施加地震动荷载的黄土试样与未预先施加动荷载的试样相比,其峰值强度出现了明显降低,且随着预先施加动荷载PGA的增加,峰值强度降幅增加.孔隙水压力随应变的不断增加趋于平缓,有效轴向应力和有效围压随应变的不断增加而持续减小,最终趋于平缓;初始含水量增加至12%,预震处理后的黄土试样强度增大.通过绘制应力路径关系曲线,确定了强震区黄土失稳的临界失稳线,对于同一黄土试样,PGA增加后引起黄土失稳线不断下移,表明黄土中的应力状态随地震动荷载的增加而发生变化.初始含水量为12%时,预震后的黄土试样剪切强度增大,表明含水...     

兰州Q4黄土各向异性的初步研究

水敏感性和结构性是黄土区别于其他类型土的主要特点,得到了广泛的研究,但大多数试验研究都采用垂直方向制备的试样,仅考虑了黄土垂直方向的力学特性,这对于以承受上部垂直荷载为主的黄土地基基础等工程类型来说是合理和准确的,而对于受力状态较为复杂的边坡和隧道及地下结构等工程类型,黄土力学性质的各向异性可能更为重要。分别从垂直向和水平向制取兰州Q4黄土的原状土试样,通过三轴剪切试验研究了其抗剪强度和变形参数在不同围压下和不同方向上的差异性,并与直剪试验获得的强度参数进行对比。结果表明：兰州Q4黄土力学性质的各向异性是较为显著的,强度方面的差异主要体现在黏聚力,而内摩擦角的差异性较小;变形特征具有随围压增加而从脆性向塑性转化的特点,垂直方向的变形模量比水平方向的变形模量平均要大2倍左右。用黄土的结构性强度及其形成机制解释了试验结果,认为黄土力学性质的各向异性特点是其结构性的另一种表现方式,应重视黄土在不同方向上强度和变形特征的差异性,以获得更安全合理的参数。     

Static Liquefaction Analysis Considering Principal Stress Directions and Anisotropy

Static liquefaction failure of a sloping ground occurs when the shear stress applied by a monotonic triggering load exceeds the undrained yield (peak) shear strength of the saturated liquefiable cohesionless soil. Current practices for determining the in-situ undrained yield strength for ground subject to static shear stress either rely on a suite of costly laboratory tests on undisturbed field samples or empirical correlations based on in-situ penetration tests which do not account for the effects of anisotropic consolidation, intermediate principal stress, and mode of shear on the degree of strain-softening and brittleness of cohesionless soils. This study investigates the effects of variations in the direction and relative magnitudes of principal stresses associated with different modes of shear and ground slopes on static liquefaction failure of cohesionless soils. Empirical relationships are developed between soil brittleness index and maximum excess pore water pressure ratio to characterize soil shearing behavior observed in a database of 271 undrained laboratory shear tests collected from the past literature. The application of these relationships for estimating the static liquefaction triggering strength of cohesionless soils under sloping grounds is described for plane-strain boundary conditions and the results are compared with those back-calculated for several cases of static liquefaction flow failures. The proposed procedure incorporates variations in mode of shear and initial stress anisotropy in an empirical formulation based on in-situ penetration tests.     

灌溉作用下浅表层黄土滑坡变形破坏机理实验研究

为有效减少泾阳地区大面积灌溉活动诱发黄土滑坡对社会和经济带来的巨大损失,开展灌溉型滑坡室内实验研究,研究坡度在灌溉条件下对黄土滑坡变形破坏过程影响,具有重大的现实意义。本次实验设计了可用于坡顶和坡面的灌溉装置,同时进行了45°斜坡和60°斜坡的两组室内灌溉模型实验,且每组斜坡内埋设体积含水率传感器、基质吸力传感器和孔隙水压力传感器三种传感器记录其内部变化。通过对两组实验过程及结果进行对比分析,进而得出灌溉条件下浅表层黄土滑坡的变形破坏规律,总结出该类滑坡的破坏模式及其诱发机理。实验结果表明,实验前期随着体积含水率不断增大,基质吸力逐渐减小至基本稳定,土体强度随之减小;实验后期上部土体饱和,斜坡产生的变形和土体排水不畅产生了超孔隙水压力,有效应力随之减小,土体强度减小至最小,导致滑坡产生。同时,坡度越大,滑坡越易发生,滑面深度和滑动距离越小。     

Numerical simulation of mitigation for liquefaction-induced soil deformations in a sandy ground improved by cement grouting

This paper presents a numerical study of mitigation for liquefaction during earthquake loading. Analyses are carried out using an effective stress based, fully coupled, hybrid, finite element-finite differences approach. The sandy soil behavior is described by means of a cyclic elastoplastic constitutive model, which was developed within the framework of a nonlinear kinematic hardening rule. In theory, the philosophies of mitigation for liquefaction can be summarized as two main concepts, i.e. prevention of excess pore water pressure generation and reduction of liquefaction-induced deformations. This paper is primarily concerned with the latter approach to liquefaction mitigation. Firstly, the numerical method and the analytical procedure are briefly outlined. Subsequently, a case-history study, which includes a liquefaction mitigation technique of cement grouting for ground improvement of a sluice gate, is conducted to illustrate the effectiveness of liquefaction countermeasures. Special emphasis is given to the computed results of excess pore water pressures, displacements, and accelerations during the seismic excitation. Generally, the distinctive patterns of seismic response are accurately reproduced by the numerical simulation. The proposed numerical method is thus considered to capture the fundamental aspects of the problems investigated, and yields results for design purposes. From the results in the case, excess pore water pressures eventually reach fully liquefied state under the input earthquake loading and this cannot be prevented. However, liquefaction-induced lateral spreading of the foundation soils can be effectively reduced by the liquefaction mitigation techniques. An erratum to this article can be found at     

Study of shaking table test of seismic subsidence loess landslides induced by the coupling effect of earthquakes and rainfall

Light rain or moderate rain is the most common meteorological event in the rainy season in the loess area of China, so the probability of landslide hazards induced by the coupling effect of earthquakes and rainfall under the condition of light rain or moderate rain is relatively higher than that under heavy rain. To study the dynamic response characteristics and instability mechanism of loess slopes by the coupling effect of earthquakes and rainfall under the conditions of moderate rain and light rain, a low-angle slope model test of a large-scale shaking table after 10 mm of rainfall was carried out. By gradually increasing the dynamic loading, the evolution of the macroscopic deformation and the instability failure mode of the slope model are observed; the temporal and spatial trends of the amplification effect, acceleration spectrum, pore pressure and soil pressure are analyzed; and the failure mechanism of the slope is determined. The results showed that the amplification effect increased along the slope surface upward, and a strong amplification effect appeared at the front of the top of the slope. Because of the stronger dynamic stress action on the upper part of the slope, the immersed soil in the upper part of the slope experienced seismic subsidence deformation, the saturation in the seismic subsidence soil increased, and the water content temporarily increased locally. With the further increase in the loading intensity, a large number of tension cracks were generated in the seismic subsidence area, and water infiltrated down along the cracks and the wetting range expanded under dynamic action. The range of seismic subsidence and cracks further extended to the deep part of the slope. Under the reciprocating action of the subsequent ground motion, the swing amplitude of the soil mass in the seismic subsidence area, which is divided by a large number of cracks in the upper part of the slope, increased further, resulting in the further reduction in the residual strength of the seismic subsidence soil mass located at the crack tip due to the pull and shear action. Finally, under the combined action of gravity and dynamic force, the upper soil mass in the seismic subsidence area dragged the lower soil mass in the seismic subsidence area downward because the sliding force is greater than the residual strength of the soil mass, which induced a seismic subsidence-type loess landslide. Under the coupling effect of earthquakes and rainfall, the instability mode and mechanism of this landslide are significantly different from those of liquefaction-type landslides.

     

饱和黄土边坡的动力稳定性分析

考虑地震荷载作用下饱和黄土的孔压增长模式及液化规律,建立了饱和黄土无限边坡的动力稳定性分析模型,并将此类边坡的破坏分为液化型破坏和滑动型破坏两种基本类型。分析结果表明,由于孔压的累积,屈服地震系数将随时间而减小,并且明显地受到有效粘聚力、初始孔压比等参数的影响。另外还证实,考虑孔压累积时的永久位移计算值要大于常规的Newmark法分析的结果。     

马兰黄土孔隙结构特征——以赵家岸地区黄土为例

颗粒间的孔隙分布特征从本质上控制着马兰黄土的宏观结构,影响马兰黄土的强度特性。马兰黄土的微观结果分析已逐渐成为研究黄土基本特性的一个新方向。本文通过固结实验、扫描电镜和ImageJ图像分析软件对赵家岸滑坡地区马兰黄土的孔隙分布和变形特性进行分析。首先确定了适合ImageJ图像分析的扫描电镜二维照片的阈值和图像拍摄最佳倍数;获取了原状马兰黄土在不同含水量固结试验前后的孔隙数量和孔隙面积的分布特征;揭示了大、中架空孔隙为黄土固结过程中的主要变形区;建立了马兰黄土孔隙中大架空孔隙、中架空孔隙和小架空孔隙的逐步破坏模式;明确了水对孔隙破坏的促进作用,当含水量增加到液限范围时,大、中型架空孔隙会出现加速的破坏现象。     

滑坡冲击作用下的阶地砂质粉土层液化机理

为探究阶地饱和砂质粉土在黄土滑坡冲击荷载作用下的力学机理,选取泾阳南塬典型黄土滑坡LD37为研究对象。通过基本性质测试获取了阶地砂质粉土的物理、水理、颗粒级配和矿物组分等指标。采用自制冲击设备进行了3种饱和度条件下的冲击试验,并对水分迁移和剪切强度变化等问题进行了分析,在此基础上探讨了冲击液化机理。结果表明:冲击荷载会使砂质粉土内部的总应力与孔隙水压力剧增,在应力波的作用下,出现多个峰值,且孔隙水压力在1 s内难以完全消散;80%与90%饱和度的砂质粉土受冲击会在深度方向上形成不同程度的液化,而70%饱和度的砂质粉土受冲击后沿深度方向并未发生液化;砂质粉土发生冲击液化时下部水分会向上部迁移,导致其上部土层含水率骤增,剪切强度骤减;冲击液化过程可划分为初始阶段、冲击挤压阶段和冲击回弹阶段。砂质粉土的冲击液化机理是一种由于快速冲压土体的不排水行为,导致其颗粒原始骨架结构破坏重组,从而引起其内部孔压快速积累的一种液化行为。     

Evaluation of shear strength of cohesionless soil due to excess pore water pressure

The shear strength of cohesionless soil is reduced as the water pressure inside the pores of the soil mass increases. The mathematical relationship between the shear strength and the pore water pressure was derived using Mohr–Coulomb failure criteria as a function of the confining pressure and the effective angle of friction. Experimentally, a series of consolidated drained triaxial tests with back pore water pressure was run on samples of saturated uniform dense sand. The tests were conducted at different confining pressures in the range of 100–400 kPa with an increment of 100 kPa. At each level of confining pressure, the tests were repeated at different values of back pore water pressure in the range of 0–100 kPa with an increment of 25 kPa. For each test, the initial applied back pore water pressure was kept constant during the test for comparing the results at the same effective confining pressure. This study concludes that the mathematical relationship gives accurate results at any level of confining pressure and/or pore water pressure as a function of the effective angle of friction that can be evaluated using single consolidated drained triaxial test at zero back pore water pressure.     

Stress–strain behaviour of a loosely compacted volcanic-derived soil and its significance to rainfall-induced fill slope failures

The stress–strain behaviour of a soil is crucial to the recognition of the mechanism of slope failure. Triaxial tests, composed of isotropically consolidated drained (ICD) and undrained compression (ICU) tests and anisotropically consolidated constant deviatoric stress path (CQD) tests, were carried out with the aim of investigating the stress–strain behaviour of loosely compacted volcanic-derived soils. The fact that the critical states are the same for ICU, ICD and CQD tests may show that the critical state is independent of the above three stress paths. The critical state line, as defined in critical state soil mechanics, is obtained from the e–log p′ and q–p′ plots based on the results of the above tests. The initial state of the consolidated specimens at initiation of failure may be classified as dilative or contractive in the light of the locations of the soil state relative to the critical state line. For contractional soils, the increased pore water pressure generated by rainfall infiltration leads to a contractive failure in a drained manner, giving rise to high excess pore water pressure. The excess pore water pressure caused by contraction cannot be dissipated instantly, resulting in a decrease in the shear resistance of the soil. The failure process is rapid. The failed soil mass is prone to flow after failure under the action of gravity due to its high moisture content and inflow of surface runoff and rainwater. For dilational soils, the increased pore water pressure resulting from infiltration leads to dilation, which reduces pore water pressure and thus increases the shear resistance of the soil. However, continued rainfall infiltration may be able to equilibrate the reduction in pore water pressure caused by dilation and, therefore, the dilation or displacement can continue. In Hong Kong, volcanic-derived soil is characterized by high permeability. Both the high permeability of volcanic-derived soil and a shallow failure surface make it possible for the reduction in pore pressure to equilibrate relatively quickly. Therefore, the failure is also rapid, at least for poorly compacted fill slopes.     

The loess of north-central China: Geotechnical properties and their relation to slope stability

Loess is an aeolian deposit consisting of predominantly silt-sized quartz particles, and containing variable amounts of clay-sized minerals. Loess is generally classified as a water-softening material, because upon wetting the loess fabric rapidly weakens or collapses. The strain hardening of Malan loess and the brittle failure of Lishi and Wucheng loess are in strong contrast to the failure behaviour of these loess deposits in a remoulded state. From tests carried out on samples with varying moisture contents, using a modified Bromhead ring shear apparatus, it was found that the effective apparent cohesion gradually increases and the effective internal friction angle decreases with an increase in moisture content. When the moisture content reaches a material-specific threshold, the effective cohesion decreases rapidly and the effective internal friction angle stabilises at a residual value.

The frequent failure of loess slopes in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau is closely related to progressive weathering along zones in these slopes, which causes a dramatic decrease in strength from the peak strength condition. Progressive weathering is common in the loess slopes in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau. During the process shear strength reduction along potential slip surfaces may be achieved by leaching of readily soluble salts, destruction of cementation bonds, and redistribution of particles. Localized collapse of the loess fabric causes internal deformation and consequently peak strength conditions are concentrated on a progressively smaller area of the failure plane. Therefore, the mode of failure of loess slopes is generally determined by brittle failure of the undisturbed, and unweathered, central parts of the slopes. It is important that both the weathered and unweathered strength of the loessmaterials in this area be established in order to analyze the stability of existing loessslopes, many of which are steepand lie directly above domestic and industrial urban areas.     

石碑塬滑坡黄土液化特征及其影响因素研究

石碑塬滑坡是1920年海原地震触发的大型黄土流滑,认识其破坏特征与发生机制对于黄土边坡长距离液化失稳机制的研究非常重要。对石碑塬黄土滑坡的调查和研究表明,饱和黄土或高含水率黄土具有很高的液化势和流态破坏势,在强震作用下,饱和黄土易发生液化或流滑。对石碑塬滑坡的7组原状黄土样品进行振动三轴剪切试验,并结合其微观特征分析,探讨了循环振动荷载作用下的饱和黄土孔隙水压力-应变增长模型,分析了振动液化过程中液化应力比与黄土粒度组成、土体微观结构参数及饱和度之间的关系。结果表明：黏粒含量越低,振动作用下饱和黄土孔隙水压力响应越快,液化应力比越低;黄土孔隙比越大,孔隙结构分形维数越大,液化应力比越低,振动液化后黄土孔隙分形维数降低,结构较液化之前更为致密;饱和度对黄土粒间胶结物质的赋存状态及黄土结构强度影响很大,同一土体饱和度越高,溶滤于孔隙水中的离子浓度越高,土体粒间接触点（或胶结点）越容易发生断裂,使得黄土结构强度降低,液化应力比降低。     

斜椭圆应力路径下饱和松砂动力特性试验研究

利用空心圆柱扭剪仪模拟斜入射地震波作用形成的斜椭圆应力路径,对比研究了等向固结条件下饱和福建标准松砂在循环斜椭圆、圆形、扭剪、三轴路径下的动力特性。试验研究表明：土体循环孔压发展存在陡升型和陡降型两种模式;圆形路径下累积孔压增长速率最快,循环扭剪最小;归一化孔压与斜椭圆的倾角无关,但受斜椭圆长短轴比及动应力比影响。砂土的不排水动强度与动应力路径密切相关,循环扭剪和循环三轴最大,循环斜椭圆次之,圆形路径最小。地震波从特定角度入射时,形成近似圆形路径,若只将地震波视为垂直入射的S波,将高估地基土体抗液化强度。