Economic Sampling and Extraction of Undisturbed,High Quality Samples in Normally Consolidated Lacustrine Clays Using a Large Diameter Tube

This paper describes the development, design and use of a large diameter sampling tube. High quality test specimens are essential for the investigation of mechanical properties of a soil for high risk projects and when complex and expensive testing methods are to be used. Block sampling is recommended to give the highest sample quality for clayey soils, however, extracting blocks of normally consolidated lacustrine silty clay without excessive disturbance was challenging due to the inherent structure of the soft varved silty clay and difficulty in maintaining K_o conditions, as well as no vertical strain, in the sample. A new sample tube, with an inner diameter of 196 mm, an area ratio of 4% and an outer cutting-edge angle of 11° was designed to offer a larger cross sectional area than conventional thin walled sampling tubes, to provide the necessary side support and to prevent water ingress at the sides of the sample. The length-diameter aspect ratio was 1.275 to optimise the amount of clay sampled for subsequent testing and in an attempt to minimize the pressure in front of the tube. Samples were taken in initially newly excavated trenches at a depth of c. 1 m with this new sampler and with conventionally sampled soil specimens, prior to the main testing programme with samples from 6 m depth. A comparative study was then performed including preliminary unconsolidated unconfined compression tests followed by anisotropically consolidated undrained triaxial compression tests. It was important to establish whether this approach had led to an improvement in sample quality prior to embarking on an extensive triaxial stress path testing programme on this varved soil (Messerklinger, Non-linearity and small strain behaviour in lacustrine clay, 2006; Messerklinger and Springman, Geotech Test J 30(6), 2007; Messerklinger and Springman, Geotech Geol J, 2008). The results showed that the undrained shear strength of the specimens from the new sampler was consistently around 20% higher than that of specimens extruded from conventional thin walled tube samplers. This confirmed that samples with a significantly higher quality could be extracted from normally consolidated, fine grained, varved lacustrine deposits with this large diameter ‘block’ sampling tube.     

Reliability of core sampling of soft bottom sediment—an in situ study

The performances of four light-weight, open sampling devices intended for use in soft sediments, the Axelsson-Håkanson gravity corer, the Kajak gravity corer, the Jenkin bottom sampler and the Ekman grab (box corer), were examined in situ by direct observation, measurement and photographic documentation by a SCUBA diver. Restrictions on the reliability of the sediment samples obtained with these devices and sediment coring instruments in general are evaluated. Separate studies of core shortening show: (1) a positive linear relationship between sediment penetration depth at which shortening of cores starts and coring tube inner diameter, (2) a tube size related shift of curve pattern in the regressions of the core shortening versus sediment depth, and (3) a negative non-linear relationship of shortening intensity versus increasing coring tube inner diameter. These findings show the great risk, when sampling soft sediments, of obtaining a sample quantitatively unrepresentative of the in situ stratification. An accurate correction factor for the degree of core shortening requires a knowledge of: (1) the sediment depth at which core shortening commences, and (2) the curve describing the relationship of shortening to depth of penetration.     

不同取样方法下饱和软土物理力学性状对比试验分析

不同取样方法获得的同一饱和软土的物理力学指标存在一定的差异。以软土地区轨道交通岩土工程勘察项目为依托,采用岩芯管包样、厚壁取土器、敞口薄壁取土器等3种取样方法,对采取的软土土样开展室内对比试验。基于室内试验成果,从物理力学性质角度对比分析了3种取样方法下同一指标之间的规律性及差异性;在对试验成果综合分析的基础上,结合不同取样方法下饱和软土结构组成变化,对指标差异性的内在机理进行相关分析。结果表明:包样和厚壁样的物理性质指标基本一致,抗剪强度指标高于薄壁样2.1%~20.3%;与薄壁样相比,包样和厚壁样的含水量、孔隙比有所降低,降低幅度均为10%左右,密度有小幅度增大,幅度约为3%,抗剪强度指标有所提高,提高幅度6.9%~68.3%;取样方法引发饱和软土固、液组成成分的所占比例的变化是导致其物理力学性质指标产生差异的根本原因。     

海洋冲击伸缩绳索取样器的研制与应用

海洋沉积物地层主要由淤泥、软土、半固结泥岩、砂岩等组成,沉积物地层钻探取样是海洋工程和地质调查的重要组成部分。常规回转取样器取样,极易破坏样品的原状而且取样率较低;静压取样器取样,在砂岩、半固结泥岩等较硬地层取样率较低。针对上述问题,研制了一种冲击伸缩绳索取样器,该取样器结合了静压取样器和锤击取样器的特点,实现对海底以沉积物为主地层的高保真取样。     

TK-1型压入活塞式取样器运动阻力计算及海上取样试验

在海上采用压入活塞取样器取砂、土样在国内尚属首次。经过对取样器进行科学的模拟计算,获得了取样器运动阻力和压入地层所需的压力,试验表明,这些数据符合海上取样的实际情况。所设计的密封装置、翻板取样器及PC取样管等满足了海上取样要求。     

Spatial variability of reconstructed soil properties and the optimization of sampling number for reclaimed land monitoring in an opencast coal mine

Drastically disturbed soils caused by opencast mining can result in the severe loss of soil structure and increase in soil compactness. To assess the effects of mining activities on reconstructed soils and to track the changes in reclaimed soil properties, the variability of soil properties (soil particle distribution, penetration resistance (PR), pH, and total dissolved salt (TDS)) in the Shanxi Pingshuo Antaibao opencast coal-mine inner dump after dumping and before reclamation was analyzed using a geostatistics method, and the number of soil monitoring points after mined land reclamation was determined. Soil samples were equally collected at 78 sampling sites in the study area with an area of 0.44 km². Soil particle distribution had moderate variability, except for silt content at the depth of 0–20 cm with a low variability and sand content at the depth of 20–40 cm with a high variability. The pH showed a low variability, and TDS had moderate variability at all depths. The variability of PR was high at the depth of 0–20 cm and moderate at the depth of 20–40 cm. There was no clear trend in the variance with increasing depth for the soil properties. Interpolation using kriging displayed a high heterogeneity of the reconstructed soil properties, and the spatial structure of the original landform was partially or completely destroyed. The root-mean-square error (RMSE) can be used to determine the number of sampling points for soil properties, and 40 is the ideal sampling number for the study site based on cross-validation.     

结构性软黏土损伤变量与扰动度的相关性研究

取样与施工过程会对天然沉积结构性软黏土产生扰动,使土体的工程性质发生演化,一些学者分别以扰动度和损伤变量两个特征参数对该问题进行了较为深入的研究,但扰动度与描述土体应力状态的损伤变量之间的相关性目前仍未明晰。为此,以连云港天然沉积结构性软黏土进行不同应力路径下快速加载试验模拟土体应力损伤,对损伤后土体进行固结试验和无侧限抗压强度试验,结合张孟喜提出的损伤变量以及两种常用的扰动度（变形和强度）的定义,评价了损伤后土体的损伤变量和扰动度,探讨二者间关系。结果表明,损伤后土体压缩曲线屈服前的斜率并未产生明显改变,即损伤变量与按变形定义的扰动度间关系不明显;而损伤变量与以强度定义的扰动度之间存在线性递增关系,说明了当土体沿着某一路径加载时,越接近破坏线,其损伤程度越高,土体的强度也随之降低。     

用于海底振动取样钻进的振动器设计理论与实践

与地表振动钻进相比,在海底振动钻进过程中,存在海水的阻尼及海水参与振动等问题。采用简化的力学模型并用修正系数考虑了海底振动钻进的特殊工况,对影响振动钻进效果的振动器振动参数进行了全面分析,并设计了一种适合于在水深500m以浅的海底土层进行振动取样钻进的振动器。     

结构性砂土静力触探试验离散元分析

为研究结构性砂土静力触探的宏微观力学特性,在10 g重力场中生成一个净砂地基;将一个考虑胶结厚度的微观胶结接触模型引入到净砂地基中以生成结构性砂土地基;用一定速率移动探杆以模拟结构性砂土中的静力触探过程,其中,探杆由4面刚性墙组成。结果表明,随着贯入深度的增加,锥尖贯入阻力逐渐增大,增长速度逐渐减慢,在达到临界深度后贯入阻力在某一定值附近波动;锥尖部位有明显的力链集中现象,力链的集中程度和范围会随着贯入深度的增加而逐渐提高和扩大;静力触探过程中,探杆两侧的土体经历了明显的加载和卸载过程,且土体主应力方向发生偏转;离探杆越远,主应力偏转速度越慢,最终偏转角越小;不同深度处平均纯转动率（APR）的变化趋势基本相同,而APR最大值会随着土体深度而逐渐增加;探杆的贯入会使土颗粒间胶结发生破坏,胶结的破坏形式主要有拉剪破坏和压剪破坏两种,而拉剪破坏数目要比压剪破坏数目多。     

Geochemical studies on urban soil from two sampling depths in Tampere Central Region,Finland

Preliminary geochemical mapping was carried out within urban areas in Tampere Central Region, Finland, to gain a better understanding of element concentrations in urban soil and to provide information on baselines in soil within urban centres for soil contamination assessment purposes. The soil samples were taken from central city parks, day-care centres and school yards, and residential areas. Various sampling depths have generally been used in urban geochemical surveys. The aim of this study was to compare the results from two commonly used sample types taken from the same sites in urban soil: single samples of minerogenic topsoil from the 0–25 cm layer and composite samples of minerogenic topsoil from a depth of 0–2 cm. The concentrations of most of the studied trace elements showed a significant correlation between samples from 0 to 2 and 0 to 25 cm, but element concentrations differed between the two studied sample depths. For most of the studied elements, the median concentrations were higher in the 0–25 cm samples, but anomalous concentrations were more often found in the 0–2 cm samples. Some elements had elevated concentrations when compared with the Finnish guideline values for soil contamination assessment. This study did not conclusively establish whether a sampling depth of 0–2 or 0–25 cm should be recommended for similar studies in the future. Selection of the sampling depth in geochemical studies greatly depends on the aim of the project. In order to determine the upper limits of geochemical baseline variation, the deeper sampling depth appears to be more feasible. However, for the preliminary health risk assessment of areas with sensitive land uses, e.g. children’s playgrounds, samples from 0–2 cm depth are considered informative. Such samples may also be used to indicate local sources of dusting creating site-specific hotspots of potentially harmful elements in urban topsoil.     

石家庄地区某场地不同取样方法获取土样的对比分析

采取原状土样是工程勘察中的重要环节,不同的取样方法对土样质量的影响不同。一般认为竖井中采取的大块土样,是真正的原状样,钻孔中使用取土器采取的原状样存在不同程度的扰动。在钻孔中采用不同的取样方法,土样受到的扰动程度也不一样。笔者通过对钻孔两种方法获取的土样与竖井土样试验数据的对比发现,钻孔取样对土样有明显的扰动和压密作用,造成了土的干密度增大、孔隙比减小、渗透系数降低、压缩模量增大。同时发现,钻孔快速冲入取样质量略好于上部击入取样质量。为保证工程安全,对常规钻孔取样试验成果的使用应当慎重,对重要工程宜采用探坑、竖井取样,或采用双筒薄壁取土技术。     

钻探工艺,取土方法与取土器结构对勘探质量和不扰动土样取土质量的影响

本文通过对比试验和生产实践的总结,分析了钻探工艺、取土方法和取土器结构对勘探质量和不扰动土样取土质量的影响,并提出了保证勘探、原状取土、标准贯入试验质量的一些具体设想和方法。     

开口管桩高频振动贯入过程的ALE有限元分析

任意拉格朗日-欧拉(ALE)方法吸取了拉格朗日和欧拉法的优点,避免了常规有限元中拉格朗日方法的网格畸变问题,适用于开口管桩高频振动贯入过程的计算分析。采用ALE有限元方法,建立开口管桩高频振动贯入过程的数值模型,对沉桩过程中挤土效应、桩侧阻力和土塞效应的变化规律进行了详细研究。研究结果表明:挤土应力主要沿径向传播,且深层土体受到的挤土应力比浅层土体大;水平挤土位移随管桩贯入深度的增加而增大,而最大水平挤土位移与管桩贯入深度存在累积效应;挤土效应的影响范围约为10倍管径,因此在施工过程中要给以足够重视;桩外侧摩阻力随贯入深度增加呈近似线性增长,桩内侧摩阻力随贯入深度增加而呈非线性增长,增长速率随贯入深度增加而逐渐增大;管内土塞处于不完全闭塞状态,土塞程度由完全非闭塞向部分闭塞过渡。此外,研究了土体模量、桩土界面摩擦系数、振动频率和桩径对土体位移的影响。     

Cavity expansion in unsaturated soils exhibiting hydraulic hysteresis considering three drainage conditions

Cavity expansion theory assists in the interpretation of in situ tests including the cone penetration test and pressuremeter test. In this paper, a cavity expansion analysis is presented for unsaturated silty sand exhibiting hydraulic hysteresis. The similarity technique is used in the analysis. The soil stress–strain behaviour is described by a bounding surface plasticity model. Results of oedometric compression tests, isotropic compression tests and triaxial shear tests for both saturated and unsaturated states are used to calibrate the model. The void ratio, suction, degree of saturation and effective stress are fully coupled in the analysis. The influence of where the initial hydraulic state is located on the soil–water characteristic curve on the cavity wall pressure is investigated and found to be significant. Also, the effects of three different drainage conditions (constant suction, constant moisture content and constant contribution of suction to the effective stress) on cavity wall pressure are studied. It is found that the drainage condition in which the contribution of suction to the effective stress is constant offers a good approximation to the other two. This may simplify interpretation of in situ tests. When testing occurs quickly, meaning a constant moisture content condition prevails, a constant contribution of suction condition can be assumed without loss of significant accuracy. The contribution of suction assumed in the interpretation can be taken as being equal to the in situ value, although this discovery may not be applicable to all soil types, constitutive models and soil–water characteristic curves. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian based finite element analysis of cone penetration in soft clay

This paper presents a numerical model for the analysis of cone penetration in soft clay based on the finite element method. The constitutive behaviour of the soil is modelled by modifying an elastic, perfectly-plastic soil model obeying Von-Mises yield criterion to take into account the strain-softening, rate dependent behaviour of soft clay. Since this is a problem involving large soil deformations, the analysis is carried out using an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian method where the quality of the mesh is preserved during penetration. The variation of cone resistance is examined with various parameters such as rigidity index of the soil, in situ stress anisotropy and roughness at the cone–soil interface, which influence the penetration resistance of the cone. A theoretical correlation has been developed incorporating these parameters and the results have been compared with previous correlations based on the cavity expansion theory, finite element method and strain path method. With the increase in strain-softening, relative brittleness of the soil increases and the penetration resistance is significantly reduced. With the rising strain-rate dependency, penetration resistance increases but this increase is independent of the degree of brittleness of the soil.     

沿海软粘土取土质量的对比分析

本文在简要介绍固定活塞式薄壁取土器取土技术基础上，详尽分析了在连云港、赤湾港和广深路所进行的软粘土取土技术对比试验结果。试验结果表明，土样扰动对于室内所测定的力学性指标影响极大，但对物理性指标影响不大。研究结果还有力地证明，只要操作正确，采用薄壁取土器能取得高质量土样，而采用敞口式厚壁取土器取出的土样扰动较大。     

国外地下水监测采样设备综述

国外地下水监测用采样设备大致分为4类：取样筒式采样器、惯性式采样器、气体驱动式采样器和潜水电泵式采样器。取样筒式采样器原理简单、制作方便、成本低,受监测井井径、采样深度影响较小;惯性式采样器外径小,可应用于小口径地下水监测井,采样深度可达到90 m;气体驱动式采样器结构较复杂,适用范围广,适用于大部分地下水监测井,采样效率较高。潜水电泵式采样器采样效率很高,适应井径较大。     

Deformation analysis of shallow penetration in clay

A new method of analysis is described for estimating the deformations and strains caused by shallow undrained penetration of piles and caissons in clay. The formulation combines previous analyses for steady, deep penetration, with methods used to compute soil deformations due to near-surface ground loss, and is referred to as the Shallow Strain Path Method (SSPM). Complete analytical solutions for the velocity and strain rates are given for a planar wall, an axisymmetric, closed-ended pile and unplugged, open-ended pile geometries. In these examples, the analyses consider a single source penetrating through the soil at a constant rate, generating a family of penetrometers with rounded tips, referred to as simple wall, pile and tube geometries. Soil deformations and strains are obtained by integrating the velocity and strain rates along the particle paths. The transition from shallow to deep penetration is analysed in detail. Shallow penetration causes heave at the ground surface, while settlements occur only in a thin veneer of material adjacent to the shaft and in a bulb-shaped region around the tip. The size of this region increases with the embedment depth. Deformations inside an open-ended pile/caisson are affected significantly by details of the simple tube wall geometry. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

不同取样直径下软土物理力学特性室内对比试验分析

以宁波市轨道交通4号线岩土工程勘察项目为依托,采用软土地区目前普遍使用的敞口薄壁取土器,对两种不同直径取样器（75、100 mm）下采取的软土开展了室内对比试验。基于室内对比试验结果,分析了两种取样直径下软土物理力学性质指标取值的差异性及其产生机理;采用附加体积应变法对两种直径下土样的扰动程度进行了分析评价。结果表明：与直径100 mm的取土器相比,直径75 mm取土器获得的土样含水量、孔隙比有一定程度降低,降低幅度均为9%;密度、压缩模量及抗剪强度指标有一定幅度的增加,增加幅度2%～21%;土样的体积应变均值分别为6.4%、6.6%,扰动程度评价均为很大;大直径取土器获得的土样较小直径土样更接近于软土实际性状。     

Discrete element modelling of deep penetration in granular soils

This paper presents a numerical study on deep penetration mechanisms in granular materials with the focus on the effect of soil–penetrometer interface friction. A two‐dimensional discrete element method has been used to carry out simulation of deep penetration tests on a granular ground that is under an amplified gravity with a K₀ lateral stress boundary. The numerical results show that the deep penetration makes the soil near the penetrometer move in a complex displacement path, undergo an evident loading and unloading process, and a rotation of principal stresses as large as 180°. In addition, the penetration leads to significant changes in displacement and velocity fields as well as the magnitude and direction of stresses. In general, during the whole penetration process, the granular ground undergoes several kinds of failure mechanisms in sequence, and the soil of large deformation may reach a stress state slightly over the strength envelope obtained from conventional compression tests. Soil–penetrometer interface friction has clear effects on the actual penetration mechanisms. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.