Plane Strain Testing with Passive Restraint

A plane strain condition for testing rock is developed through passive restraint in the form of a thick-walled cylinder. The so-called biaxial frame generates the intermediate principal stress that imposes a triaxial state of stress on a prismatic specimen. Major and minor principal stresses and corresponding strains are accurately measured, providing data to calculate the elastic (Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio), inelastic (dilatancy angle), and strength (friction angle and cohesion) parameters of the rock. Results of experiments conducted on Indiana limestone in plane strain compression are compared with the results of axisymmetric compression and extension. With proper system calibration, Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio are consistent among the tests. The plane strain apparatus enforces in-plane deformation with the three principal stresses at failure being different, and it allows one to determine the Paul-Mohr-Coulomb failure surface, which includes an intermediate stress effect.     

三向应力状态下大理岩压缩变形试验研究

本文着重讨论大理岩在三向应力状态下压缩变形特性试验研究.探讨了不同的加荷路径对应力-应变关系、强度及破坏机制等的影响.进行了恒侧压、反复加压、等比加压、应力常量,卸荷等试验研究,此外还进行了无侧向应变及静水压等试验.该试验采用了我所自制的 CBS-2型数字显示位移测量仪进行测量,探头直接固定在高压筒体内岩样上下垫块之间,可以测出岩样破裂后的变形,克服了过去采用电阻片量程不够的问题.     

Experimental Study on Compressive Deformation of Marble Under Triaxial Stress States

This paper is presented to discuss emphatically the characteristics of compressive deformation of marble under the three-dimentional stress states and the researches of the influences on stress-strain relationship, strength , and failure mechanism by different loading paths. The tests that have been conducted included the constant confining pressure repeated loading, constant stresses, equal proportional loading or ynloading, the hydrostatic and uniaxial tests. The Model CBS-2 digital displacement apparatus manufacfured by our institute was used for measurement in these tests. The probes were directly fixed between the top and bottom fillers of specimen in a high pressure cylinder . It could be used to measure the deformation of specimen after failure, consequently there has a sufficient range for measuring deformation than that of electric strain gauge. The stress-strain relationships for different loading paths are given, and the author proposed some opinions to these problems.     

Influence of boundary conditions,specimen geometry and material heterogeneity on model calibration from triaxial tests

The recent capability of measuring full‐field deformations using advanced imaging techniques provides the opportunity to improve the predictive ability of computational soil mechanics. This paper investigates the effects of imperfect initial specimen geometry, platen‐soil and apparatus compliance, and material heterogeneity on the constitutive model calibration process from triaxial tests with nonlubricated platens. The technique of 3D‐Digital Image Correlation (3D‐DIC) was used to measure, from digital images, full‐field displacements over sand specimen surfaces throughout triaxial compression tests, as well as actual specimen initial shape, and deformations associated with platen and apparatus compliance and bedding settlement. The difference between predicted and observed 3D specimen surface deformations served to quantify an objective function in the optimization algorithm. Four different three‐dimensional finite element models (FEMs), each allowing varying degrees of material variability in the solution of the inverse problem, were used to study the effect of material heterogeneity. Results of the parametric study revealed that properly representing the actual initial specimen geometry significantly improves the optimization efficiency, and that accounting for boundary compliance can be critical for the accurate recovery of the full‐field experimental displacements. Allowing for nonsymmetric material variability had the most significant impact on predicted behavior. A relatively high coefficient of variation in model parameters was found among a statistical ensemble of tests, underscoring the importance of conducting multiple tests for proper material characterization. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Measurement of local and volumetric deformation in geotechnical triaxial testing using 3D-digital image correlation and a subpixel edge detection algorithm

Based on the three-dimensional digital image correlation (3D-DIC) technique, the stereovision system has been applied to the improved triaxial apparatus to obtain 3D full-field deformation of the specimen during triaxial testing. Through the calibration process, the 3D-DIC technique can obtain the accurate specimen’s spatial displacement deformation. Meanwhile, a subpixel edge detection algorithm has been combined with 3D-DIC technique to calculate the radial strain and the volume strain of the specimen directly. Furthermore, a series of consolidated drained and undrained triaxial tests were carried out on Hainan (China) sand specimens and measured by the conventional and the image measurement methods. Compared to the results measured by the conventional method, the image measurement technique can obtain the more experimental data, such as the 3D displacement field of the whole specimen, the local strain distribution, and so on. The measurement results also show the conventional method would be disturbed by the end constraints in triaxial tests so that the strength of the soil would be overestimated. Meanwhile, the middle of the specimen would be selected to calculate the stress–strain relationship without the influence of the end constraints in the proposed method. Based on the image measurement results, the proposed method has the potential to be used in geotechnical tests for exploring the soil’s progressive failure behaviors, inhomogeneous deformation and mechanical characteristics.

     

Quadruple LVDT local rotational displacement measurement in torsional shear tests

Experience has shown that to obtain pre-failure deformability of geomaterials in laboratory element tests, it is imperative to make local strain measurements. For torsional shear tests, the local measurement is complicated by coupling of the axial, radial, and rotational movement experienced by the soil specimen during shear. The rotational displacement must be isolated from other modes of movement for the interpretation of test results. Existing techniques designed for torsional shear tests under general stress conditions can be complicated and difficult to use. A simplified scheme using two pairs of linear variable displacement transducers (LVDTs) is proposed for local rotational deformation measurement, specifically for cyclic torsional shear tests under constant normal stress conditions. The subtraction of readings within an LVDT pair nullifies displacements at the measurement point caused by axial and radial movement or bulging of the specimen. The same subtraction accumulates and thus isolates LVDT readings caused by rotational movement. The error associated with the simplified set-up is expected to be <0.125%. A series of hollow cylinder torsional shear tests have been performed to verify the effectiveness of the new measurement scheme. The results are repeatable and consistent with well-documented test data.     

测斜仪在滑坡变形监测中的应用

介绍了测斜仪的工作原理及其在滑坡变形监测中的应用,并与钻探成果进行了对照。根据测斜成果曲线,可以较好地对滑动面的分布情况、滑动机制作出某种程度的判断,为滑坡的治理设计提供重要的依据。说明测斜仪在滑坡监测中的应用是可行的。     

基于梯度塑性本构理论的岩样侧向变形分析(Ⅰ):基本理论及本构参数对侧向变形的影响

研究了岩样在单轴压缩条件下轴向应力．侧向或环向变形的全程曲线特征。基于考虑峰值剪切强度后微小结构之间相互影响和作用的梯度塑性理论，得到了由于剪切局部化而引起的侧向塑性变形。利用虎克定律描述了试件的弹性变形，得到了轴向应力．侧向变形全程曲线的解析解。在软化阶段，试件中部侧向变形及对靠近试件上端或下端部位的侧向变形并不相同。与轴向应力．应变曲线可能出现的回跳现象类似。试件中部轴向应力．侧向应变曲线也可能出现回跳现象。在应变软化阶段，与应力．侧向应变曲线相比，应力．环向应变曲线不容易发生回跳现象。若在试件内部出现多条剪切带，则应该以等效剪切带宽度替代本文中的剪切带宽度。随着剪切带倾角、内部长度参数的降低、剪切模量的增加及弹性模量的降低，轴向应力．侧向应变曲线越陡；甚至能出现弹性回跳。     

开挖前降水引发基坑变形机制模型试验研究

现有基坑相关研究主要关注土方开挖过程引起的变形,认为围护结构变形起点是土方第1次开挖。然而,一些工程实测表明,基坑开挖前降水阶段即可引起围护结构及周边地层发生厘米级的变形。显然,未考虑开挖前变形的基坑监测数据将低估基坑施工的环境效应。为了研究基坑开挖前降水引发基坑变形的机制,开展了室内模型试验,对基坑开挖前降水过程进行了缩尺精细化模拟。通过微型降水井的设置与调控,模型试验真实再现了实际基坑降水过程中井流效应对围护结构受力变形的影响。试验过程中发现,随着降水的进行,坑外降水漏斗不断扩展,围护结构悬臂式侧移及坑外拱肩式地面沉降也随之产生。另外,降水导致墙前水压力明显减小,并诱发墙前侧向总压力重分布（以减小为主）,围护结构为此发生指向坑内的悬臂式运动以寻求新的受力平衡,并通过墙后土体损失诱发坑外地层变形。     

动态扰动对应力松弛岩石变形行为影响的试验研究

利用自主研发的岩石松弛-扰动试验装置,测试了岩石加载、松弛、动态扰动和扰动后4个阶段的轴向应力、轴向应变和声发射响应,观察到了岩石试样在动态扰动后应变增加、应力降低的现象,砂岩试样的这种特征比花岗岩明显。初步分析认为,产生该现象的原因一方面由于松弛-扰动过程导致岩石内部出现不可逆的损伤,另一方面则是扰动去除后试样的残余变形。在初始压密和弹性阶段,砂岩试样的声发射撞击数少;在接近应变峰值阶段,撞击数骤增;在应力松弛阶段撞击数骤减;在动态扰动阶段,撞击数骤增。声发射是由于岩石损伤引起的,声发射数据反映了岩石的损伤是引起松弛试样在动态扰动后应变增加、应力降低的一个原因。另外,基于砂岩和花岗岩的准静态循环加、卸载试验,对砂岩、花岗岩在不同应变等级下的残余应变进行了定量化;砂岩的残余应变远高于花岗岩,这与砂岩试样在历经松弛-动态扰动后应变增加、应力降低较为明显的趋势相对应。同时,无论是松弛-动态扰动试验还是准静态循环加、卸载试验,岩石的残余变形都会随着卸荷初始应变的提高而增加。岩石的损伤与残余变形是密切相关的,两者的综合作用引起了动态扰动后岩石试样的应变增加、应力降低现象。     

GDS空心圆柱仪动力试验能力探讨

为更好地模拟多向应力和主应力轴旋转等复杂应力路径,与英国GDS公司合作研发了能施加轴向和扭矩动载的空心圆柱仪。文中介绍了该仪器的工作原理和性能,分析对比了其与传统单向动三轴仪试验结果,并探讨该空心圆柱仪所完成的5组典型动力荷载及一组不规则随机波动力试验能力。动力加荷时,通过调整设定刚度参数,实测波形与设定波形误差较小。该仪器能很好地模拟地震、波浪和交通荷载引起的应力,为研究复杂应力状态下土体动力本构关系提供了很好的工具。     

Two-dimensional finite deformations evaluated from pre- and post-deformation markers: Application to balanced cross sections

A method is proposed for determining the 2D deformation gradient tensor that represents the deformations of pre- and post-deformation markers with arbitrary shapes. The deformation is not necessarily coaxial. The tensor is evaluated in a least-square sense. Therefore, the method can deal with heterogeneous deformations, and calculate their average tensor. The inverse method has the residuals that can be directly converted to the logarithmic strain needed to transform the calculated post-deformation shapes to observed ones. In addition, we propose the measure of heterogeneity for finite deformations. The method was applied to artificial and natural data from balanced cross sections.     

基于图像测量方法的非饱和压实土三轴试样变形测量

在控制吸力的非饱和土三轴试验中对试样进行变形测量,常规方法都存在一些难以克服的技术缺陷。数字图像测量技术的引入,为避免常规测量方法的技术缺陷对试验结果的影响提供了一种新的解决方案。同时,能够更加准确地测量受端部约束影响较小的试样中部1/3区域的局部轴向变形、径向变形和估算体积变形。在控制吸力条件下进行了非饱和压实土的三轴压缩试验,运用数字图像测量方法测量试样整体与中部1/3区域的变形,将两组试验数据进行比较分析,结果表明：端部约束对非饱和土试样变形有明显的影响,试样中部1/3区域的变形性质与试样整体存在明显差异,其试验结果更能反映非饱和土试样的基本变形性质。     

Analysis of simple shear tests with cell pressure confinement

The high cost of offshore infrastructure provides continuous encouragement for optimisation of design practices. Development of a more rational method to interpret results from simple shear tests with cell pressure confinement can reduce costs and improve reliability of offshore infrastructure. This paper addresses a commonly overlooked issue affecting design parameter selection: specimen shape varies from right cylinder to oblique cylinder after loading along a single shearing direction. Thus, horizontal stresses are not always equal to the cell pressure and their magnitude varies throughout the specimen’s lateral surface. An analysis is proposed that accounts for changing specimen geometry and lateral surface area during shearing and for the actual effect of cell pressure during testing. The analysis also describes how the intermediate principal stress can be assessed. Test results for medium dense silica sand are interpreted following de Josselin de Jong’s alternative shearing mechanism hypothesis. Conventional interpretation methods yield conservative design parameters for this soil. Failure states develop when the intermediate principal effective stress is halfway between major and minor principal effective stresses. Typical results for the soil tested show equipment performance meets standard direct simple shear requirements for shear strain rate, vertical stress and specimen height control.     

Detection of water infiltration and deformation of unsaturated soils by elastic wave velocity

Intense rainfall is the most important landslide trigger. In many mountainous environments of the world, heavy rainfall has caused many landslides and slope failures in a matter of seconds without warning. Therefore, an early warning system can be an effective measure to reduce the damage caused by landslides and slope failures by facilitating the timely evacuation of people from landslide-prone areas. In this study, we propose an idea to correlate soil moisture changes and deformations in slope surface by means of elastic wave propagation in soil. Constant shear stress drained triaxial tests where water was infiltrated from the bottom of specimen until failure, and slope model tests under artificial rainfall were performed to investigate the response of elastic wave velocities during pre-failure phases of rainwater infiltration and deformation. Analysis of the results has established that the elastic wave velocity continuously decreases in response of moisture content and deformation, and there was a distinct surge in the decrease rate of wave velocity when failure was initiated. Possible mechanisms were interpreted based on the test results. It is proposed that a warning be issued at switch of wave velocity decrease rate. This approach can thus serve as the basis of an early warning system for landslides and slope failure considering both moisture content and deformation.     

Paterson高温高压流变仪及其在岩石流变学的应用

地球作为一个动态体系,其内部岩石在各种物理化学条件下变形,形成各种地质构造.在过去的几十年里,得益于相关测试分析手段的不断发展,地球材料的流变学研究取得了许多实验突破,加深了人类对地壳和上地幔岩石变形行为的理解.本文对实验岩石变形装置的技术发展做了扼要的回顾,重点介绍了Paterson高温高压流变仪(HPT).HPT是...     

Influence of initial state and intermediate principal stress on undrained behavior of soft clay during pure principal stress rotation

It is important to be fully aware of the dynamic characteristics of saturated soft clays under complex loading conditions in practice. In this paper, a series of undrained tests for soft clay consolidated with different initial major principal stress direction ξ were conducted by a hollow cylinder apparatus (HCA). The clay samples were subjected to pure principal stress rotation as the magnitudes of the mean total stress p, intermediate principal stress coefficient b, and deviator stress q were all maintained constant. The influences of intermediate principal stress coefficient and initial major principal stress direction on the variation of strain components, generation of pore water pressure, cyclic degradation and non-coaxiality were investigated. The experimental observations indicated that the strain components of specimen were affected by both intermediate principal stress coefficient and initial major principal stress direction. The generation of the pore water pressure was significantly influenced by intermediate principal stress coefficient. However, the generation of pore water pressure was merely influenced by initial major principal stress direction when b?=?0.5. It was also noted that the torsional stress–strain relationships were affected by the number of cycles, and the effect of intermediate principal stress coefficient and initial major principal stress direction on the torsional stress–strain loops were also significant. Stiffness degradation occur under pure principal stress rotation. Anisotropic behavior resulting from the process of inclined consolidation have considerable effects on the strain components and non-coaxial behavior of soft clay.

     

堆石料动力特性大型三轴试验研究

采用大型高压多功能静动三轴试验机,对某面板堆石坝闪长岩类堆石料进行了动弹性模量与阻尼比试验和动残余变形试验,研究了主堆石料、过渡料和垫层料3种坝料在循环荷载下的动应力-应变特性和动残余变形特性及其主要影响因素。试验结果表明,材料的动应力-应变关系受剪应变水平的影响较大,各种材料的动弹性模量随剪应变的增加发生衰减,而阻尼比则相应增大;围压的增加引起材料的最大动弹性模量的增加,但围压力对材料动弹模增长的影响是有限的;固结主应力比的增大,会引起有效球应力的增加,从而使材料的最大动弹性模量增大。此外,从试验结果和模型参数来看,各种材料的动应力-动应变变化规律以及动变形随振次的发展规律均可以用修正等价黏弹性模型和沈珠江残余变形经验公式进行描述     

A laboratory study of anisotropic geomaterials incorporating recent micromechanical understanding

This paper presents an experimental investigation revisiting the anisotropic stress–strain–strength behaviour of geomaterials in drained monotonic shear using hollow cylinder apparatus. The test programme has been designed to cover the effect of material anisotropy, preshearing, material density and intermediate principal stress on the behaviour of Leighton Buzzard sand. Experiments have also been performed on glass beads to understand the effect of particle shape. This paper explains phenomenological observations based on recently acquired understanding in micromechanics, with attention focused on strength anisotropy and deformation non-coaxiality, i.e. non-coincidence between the principal stress direction and the principal strain rate direction. The test results demonstrate that the effects of initial anisotropy produced during sample preparation are significant. The stress–strain–strength behaviour of the specimen shows strong dependence on the principal stress direction. Preloading history, material density and particle shape are also found to be influential. In particular, it was found that non-coaxiality is more significant in presheared specimens. The observations on the strength anisotropy and deformation non-coaxiality were explained based on the stress–force–fabric relationship. It was observed that intermediate principal stress parameter b(b = (σ ₂ ? σ ₃)/(σ ₁ ? σ ₃)) has a significant effect on the non-coaxiality of sand. The lower the b-value, the higher the degree of non-coaxiality is induced. Visual inspection of shear band formed at the end of HCA testing has also been presented. The inclinations of the shear bands at different loading directions can be predicted well by taking account of the relative direction of the mobilized planes to the bedding plane.     

软弱土层复合土钉支护试验研究

复合土钉支护是从土钉支护基础上发展起来的、应用范围更广的一项基坑支护新技术。笔者通过模型试验，研究了复合土钉支护的作用原理，为其设计和施工提供了参考依据，促进了这项技术快速发展。基坑模型采用“相似模型的长度与变形的时间成反比”的相似法则设计，相似比为1:10。试验模拟现场分步开挖与支护的过程，测试内容包括土体位移、地表沉降、基底隆起、地面裂缝及超挖引起的破坏形态。试验结果表明：复合土钉支护能够充分调动周围土体共同作用，有效地控制基坑变形；复合土钉支护中止水帷幕的插入深度和强度对控制边坡变形与失稳有较大作用；复合土钉支护效果明显优于一般的土钉支护。