软黏土蠕变特性试验研究：回顾与发展

大量的室内和现场试验表明软黏土存在长期变形难以收敛的问题,为了更深入地认识软黏土的蠕变特性,首先,从微观物理化学角度探讨蠕变机制;然后,深入分析一维应力条件下次固结系数的演变规律以及确定方法和三轴排水、不排水蠕变特性及黏土的长期抗剪强度、室内旁压试验和现场试验等复杂应力下的黏土蠕变特性等,并且讨论黏土蠕变特性与应变速率和应变松弛特性在一维和三轴条件下的关联性;最后,从黏土次固结特性与微观结构的相关性、如何准确描述次固结系数的非线性及蠕变过程中应力剪胀剪缩关系发展等三方面更深入地探讨软黏土蠕变特性。     

Effects of Previous Deviatoric Strain Histories on the Undrained Behaviour of Hostun RF Loose Sand

The effects of previous deviatoric strain histories on the undrained behaviour of very loose and saturated Hostun RF clean sand are investigated in this paper. From an initial isotropic stress state in the triaxial plane, strain histories are generated by isotropic consolidation followed by standard drained triaxial preshear or presheared cycle, either in compression or in extension, up to a desired value of axial strain or mobilized stress ratio. Deviatoric strain histories are achieved by having nearly the same void ratio at the beginning of the undrained shearing for all tested samples. Subsequent undrained behaviour in triaxial compression and extension is analyzed in detail. Previous deviatoric strain histories can progressively transform the compressive and unstable behaviour of loose sand into a dilative and stable behaviour of dense-like sand, while being loose. Experiments show a common response induced by recent strain histories in terms of effective stress paths, independently of the axial strain attained during the drained presheared cycle, a unique initial gradient of the effective stress paths, a progressive appearance of dilatancy, an evolution the undrained behaviour and a systematic partial static liquefaction associated with softer behaviour when sheared in the opposite direction of the initial presheared direction. This paper offers a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms of a specialized induced anisotropy created by simple linear stress paths in the classical triaxial plane.     

考虑排水条件的软土蠕变特性及模型研究

为了研究珠江三角洲软土在不同的排水条件和应力水平下的蠕变特性,进行了一系列室内三轴排水及不排水蠕变试验。试验结果表明,在排水情况下软土的瞬时变形大,而蠕变变形小,而在不排水情况下蠕变随时间的发展更为显著。在工程中可以提高软土地基的排水性能,来减小蠕变破坏的可能性。引入Singh-Mitchell蠕变方程,建立了珠江三角洲软土排水和不排水的Singh-Mitchell蠕变模型,其中应力-应变关系采用指数函数,应变-时间关系采用幂函数。该模型较好地表达了土体的应力-应变-时间关系。随着排水条件的改变,模型参数的取值有着较大的变化,其原因可归结为,在不同的排水条件下土体的应变-时间关系和应力-应变关系均有很大的不同。     

Evaluation of an anisotropic elastoplastic–viscoplastic bounding surface model for clays

An anisotropic time-dependent bounding surface model for clays is developed by generalizing a previous time-independent model that adopts a flexible bounding surface. It is based on the framework for coupled elastoplasticity–viscoplasticity for clays and Perzyna’s overstress theory. Three viscoplastic parameters were introduced and explained in detail. The model was validated against undrained creep tests for both isotropically and anisotropically consolidated clays, undrained and drained stress relaxation tests on some undisturbed clays, and undrained triaxial tests with varying strain rates on natural Hong Kong marine deposit clay. The general agreement between the model simulations and test results was satisfactory. The varying effects of lower-level parameters were discussed on the undrained multistage stress relaxation response for normally consolidated soils which had been ignored in literature. The flexibility of the model in capturing the shear strengths, which is the unique feature of the current model, was shown in the simulations of time-dependent triaxial tests on Taipei silty clay. All the simulations show that the proposed model is a relatively practical model considering both anisotropy and time dependency of clays.     

Simulation of yielding and stress–stain behavior of shanghai soft clay

In this paper, a simple bounding surface plasticity model is used to reproduce the yielding and stress–strain behavior of the structured soft clay found at Shanghai of China. A series of undrained triaxial tests and drained stress probe tests under isotropic and anisotropic consolidation modes were performed on undisturbed samples of Shanghai soft clay to study the yielding characteristics. The degradation of the clay structure is modeled with an internal variable that allows the size of the bounding surface to decay with accumulated plastic strain. An anisotropic tensor and rotational hardening law are introduced to reflect the initial anisotropy and the evolution of anisotropy. Combined with the isotropic hardening rule, the rotational hardening rule and the degradation law are incorporated into the bounding surface formulation with an associated flow rule. Validity of the model is verified by the undrained isotropic and anisotropic triaxial test and drained stress probe test results for Shanghai soft clay. The effects of stress anisotropy and loss of structure are well captured by the model.     

软土三轴剪切蠕变试验研究及模型分析

将数字图像测量技术运用于三轴剪切蠕变试验,试验结果表明,土粒间水膜厚度对土的蠕变有很大的影响,不排水时,试样土颗粒间水膜保持不变,土的黏滞系数基本为一定值,土的流变变形较大;排水时,随着水的排出土体发生固结硬化,土颗粒间水膜变薄,土的密度增大,黏滞性增强,流变变形较小。在排水条件下,加载瞬间孔隙水压力会持续上升产生Manadei-Cryer效应,整个过程历时约10 min。随着偏应力水平的增加,试样发生鼓胀变形,进而形成剪切面发生剪切破坏;受排水路径的影响,剪切面通常位于试样偏下部位。对比数字图像测量方法和试样排水体积换算法在获得剪切应变时的试验结果,表明试验过程中试样变形的不均匀会导致排水体积换算法在计算剪切应变时产生较大误差;Singh-Mitchell模型很好地描述土的剪切流变特性,确定参数时两种方法得到的参数相差不大,偏应力水平较低时可采用排水量换算法进行确定。     

Creep behaviour of intact and remoulded fibrous peat

This paper presents the creep behaviour of intact and remoulded specimens of fibrous peat obtained from a field site near Anzac, Alberta, Canada. The creep behaviour was investigated by means of long-term drained and undrained triaxial tests. The development of volumetric, axial, and undrained axial strain and strain rate during drained and undrained creep tests under variable stress conditions is presented. The stress _– strain _– strain rate (p′–ε _v–\(\dot{\varepsilon }_{\text{v}}\)) relationship is found to be unique for different stress and loading durations. The p′–ε _v–\(\dot{\varepsilon }_{\text{v}}\) relationship is analysed and represented by creep isotaches. The applicability of different creep models developed for normally consolidated clay is discussed and applied to define the development of creep strain in fibrous peat under varying isotropic and deviator stresses. The secondary consolidation coefficient for evaluating the volumetric strain rate of peat is found to be applicable with some limits. The drained creep behaviour of remoulded peat specimens differs from the behaviour shown by Shelby tube specimens, whereas the undrained creep behaviour in remoulded and Shelby tube specimens is similar.     

Exploring the undrained induced anisotropy of Hostun RF loose sand

The effects of recent history on the undrained behaviour of very loose and saturated Hostun RF clean sand are investigated in this paper. From an initial isotropic stress state in the triaxial plane, recent histories are generated by isotropic consolidation followed by standard drained triaxial preshear in compression, up to a desired value of axial strain or mobilized stress ratio, and unloading to an initial stress ratio. Subsequent undrained behaviour in triaxial compression is analysed in detail. This paper contributes to the traits explaining the progressive transformation of a compressive and unstable behaviour of loose sand into a dilative and stable behaviour of dense-like sand by previous history, while remaining in the same state of loose density. Experiments show a large pseudo-elastic domain induced by recent history in terms of effective stress paths, function of the initially mobilized stress ratio level, a unique initial gradient of the effective stress paths depending on the stress ratio at the beginning of the undrained shearing, a progressive appearance of dilatancy and a surprising evolution the undrained behaviour of loose sand. Experimental results evidence the important role of the recent deviatoric strain history, from any initial isotropic or anisotropic stress state. This paper also offers a comprehensive understanding of the history mechanisms created by simple linear stress paths with fixed direction in the classical triaxial plane.     

加卸荷条件下饱和软黏土蠕变特性试验研究

为了研究上海软黏土的蠕变力学特性,开展了排水和不排水条件下上海软黏土的三轴蠕变力学试验,分析了不同围压水平、加卸荷水平对饱和软黏土蠕变特性的影响,得到了不同试验条件下上海软黏土蠕变的力学特性。试验结果表明:围压水平及加卸荷水平对软黏土蠕变变形有一定影响;土体蠕变变形特性与排水条件密切相关,排水条件下,固结效应削弱了土体蠕变现象;同等条件加载过程中不排水条件下土体变形量大,卸载后不排水条件下土体回弹较明显;不排水蠕变试验加载过程中,孔隙水压力随时间发展的变化规律与土体蠕变变形规律相似;排水蠕变试验加载过程中,固结变形和蠕变变形同时存在,排水量曲线在卸载后没有出现明显下降。     

Experimental study of poromechanical behavior of saturated claystone under triaxial compression

This paper presents experimental results of drained and undrained triaxial compression tests of saturated Meuse–Haute/Marne claystone. The emphasis is to study the evolution of pore pressure with growth of microcracks and the effect of pore pressure on mechanical behavior. Basic mechanical responses are first investigated through drained triaxial compression tests, showing nonlinear stress strain relations, volumetric dilatancy and pressure sensitivity. In undrained triaxial compression tests, the pore pressure exhibits a transition from increase to decrease due to the transition from volumetric compressibility to dilatancy caused by the growth of microcracks. The failure surfaces, determined by total stress and Terzaghi’s effective stress under undrained condition, are compared with the one under drained condition.     

各向异性弹黏塑性模型在ABAQUS中的研发

通过将Perzyna过应力理论与临界状态理论相结合,并引入Wheeler旋转硬化法则,提出一个能描述土体初始各向异性及应力诱发各向异性的三维弹黏塑性本构模型。模型考虑流变发生的下限,在三维应力空间,模型存在形状相似的静屈服面及动态加载面。采用缩放形式的幂函数。本构模型数值算法采用回映算法,借助ABAQUS软件UMAT子程序接口实现。并通过对三轴不排水蠕变试验的模拟,确定合适的积分步长。此后,分别对三轴不排水蠕变试验及常应变率三轴不排水剪切试验进行了模拟。模拟中通过设置不同参数值,可将模型退化为各向同性模型,并对这两种模拟结果进行了比较。模拟结果表明：(1) 对于三轴不排水蠕变,在低剪应力水平下,各向同性模型和各向异性模型模拟的结果相差不大,而在高剪应力水平下,各向异性模型模拟结果更接近试验结果;(2) 对于常应变率加载试验的模拟,模型合理反映了土体不排水强度随着加载速率的增大而增大现象。     

复杂应力下黄土蠕变特性试验研究

为了研究陕西省杨凌示范区黄土边坡的稳定性,采用改进的应力型三轴蠕变仪对所取黄土试样进行了一系列室内三轴固结不排水蠕变试验。试验结果表明：含水率、干密度、偏应力水平对黄土的蠕变特性均有较大的影响,表现为含水率一定,偏应力愈大时,黄土的蠕变变形量较小;偏应力水平一定时,含水率愈大,蠕变现象愈明显,产生的蠕变应变量愈大;其他条件相同时,干密度愈大,黄土试样的蠕变变形愈小。在黄土边坡治理工程中可通过改善边坡排水和增加边坡土体压实情况减小蠕变破坏的可能性。通过对试验数据分析得出了适合杨凌地区黄土的经验蠕变模型,通过与Singh-Mitchell模型和Mesri模型的比较发现,该模型具有精度高、参数少且易获取的优点,并能很好地描述黄土的蠕变特性。     

不同排水条件下软土蠕变特性与微观孔隙变化

对东莞软土进行了固结排水与固结不排水三轴蠕变试验、原状样与蠕变后试样水平测面微结构的扫描电镜试验,分析了不同排水条件的软土蠕变特性与微观孔隙变化规律。结果表明,不同排水条件对试样应变-时间、应变-偏应力关系产生较大影响,土样在不排水条件下屈服破坏,蠕变变形明显;在排水条件下则未有明显屈服,排水过程中的固结效应使其蠕变非线性弱化。蠕变后土样可见大孔隙减少、小孔隙数量增加、形状趋向圆状发展、定向性略有增加,不同排水条件下微观孔隙变化是土体蠕变表现差异的微观内因,孔隙特征的渐变过程揭示了软土蠕变变形的微观机制。     

吹填软土蠕变过程中颗粒与孔隙演化特征分析

软土一般具有蠕变特性,蠕变在微观上表现为土颗粒与孔隙的变化。为了解长期变形内在机制,对天津滨海吹填软土原状土与重塑土进行了固结不排水三轴蠕变试验。在围压为75 kPa、偏应力为10 kPa情况下开展多组平行试验,选取蠕变过程中多个时间点的试样进行微观结构测试,提取了颗粒与孔隙变化参数,研究蠕变过程中微结构变化规律。研究结果表明：在文中所受荷载条件长期作用下,颗粒与孔隙定向性明显;平均孔径及平均孔隙体积呈逐渐减小趋势;结构性原状土比表面积逐渐增大,重塑土则呈减小趋势;结构性原状土颗粒与孔隙分数维呈减小趋势,但重塑土呈相反趋势。     

Dilative behavior of kaolinite under drained creep condition

Acta Geotechnica - This paper studies the dilative behavior of clay during drained creep along triaxial tests under constant mean effective stress, where the volumetric strain is caused by the sole...     

黏土的蠕变特性试验研究

研究了黏土的未扰动和重塑土样在三轴排水剪切试验条件下的蠕变特性。既进行了初始加载过程中的蠕变试验,也做了卸载与重复加载过程中的蠕变试验。试验结果表明：(1) 在初始加载过程中,经过一定时间蠕变后黏土的强度有很大的提高;(2) 在卸载过程中,随应力值下降黏土的蠕变表现出由正蠕变、中性蠕变到负蠕变的逐渐转化;(3) 在重复加载过程中,随应力值增加黏土的蠕变表现出由负蠕变、中性蠕变到正蠕变的逐渐转化。     

Evaluation of a constitutive model for clays and sands: Part I – sand behaviour

This paper evaluates the performance of a generalized effective stress soil model for predicting the rate independent behaviour of freshly deposited sands, while a companion paper describes model capabilities for clays and silts. Most material parameters can be obtained from standard laboratory data, including hydrostatic or one‐dimensional compression, drained and undrained triaxial shear testing. A compilation of data on compression behaviour allows for estimation of compression parameters when this type of data is not available. Extensive comparisons of model predictions with measured data from undrained triaxial shear tests shows that the model gives excellent predictions of the transition from dilative to contractive shear response as the confining pressure and/or the initial formation void ratio increases. A parametric study of drained response shows that the model describes realistically the variation of peak friction angle and dilation rate as a function of confining pressure and density when compared with an empirical correlation valid for many sands. The proposed formulation predicts a unique critical state locus for both drained and undrained triaxial testing which is non‐linear over the entire range of stresses and is in excellent agreement with recent experimental data. Overall, the model provides excellent predictions of the stress–strain–strength relationships over a wide range of confining pressures and formation densities. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the undrained strain-induced anisotropy of loose sand

An experimental study was carried out to investigate the effects of previous deviatoric strain histories on the undrained behaviour of loose and saturated Toyoura sand and compared with known results of Hostun RF sand. From an initial isotropic stress state, recent deviatoric strain histories in the compression side of the triaxial plane were generated by a standard drained presheared cycle up to a specified mobilized stress ratio. Mainly, the fully liquefied, contractive, unstable and softening behaviour of loose sand was progressively transformed into the non-liquefied, dilative, fully stable and hardening behaviour of dense-like sand, while remaining within a narrow range of loose density. The paper validates and extends the current understanding of strain-induced anisotropy of loose sand. New experimental data support the directional dependency of the instability cone on the stress increment direction, suggest the bifurcation characteristics of loose sand and evidence the important role of past deviatoric strain histories.     

SANICLAY: simple anisotropic clay plasticity model

SANICLAY is a new simple anisotropic clay plasticity model that builds on a modification of an earlier model with an associated flow rule, in order to include simulations of softening response under undrained compression following K_o consolidation. Non‐associativity is introduced by adopting a yield surface different than the plastic potential surface. Besides, the isotropic hardening of the yield surface both surfaces evolve according to a combined distortional and rotational hardening rule, simulating the evolving anisotropy. Although built on the general premises of critical state soil mechanics, the model induces a critical state line in the void ratio–mean effective stress space, which is a function of anisotropy. To ease interpretation, the model formulation is presented firstly in the triaxial stress space and subsequently, its multiaxial generalization is developed systematically, in a form appropriate for implementation in numerical codes. The SANICLAY is shown to provide successful simulation of both undrained and drained rate‐independent behaviour of normally consolidated sensitive clays, and to a satisfactory degree of accuracy of overconsolidated clays. The new model requires merely three constants more than those of the modified Cam clay model, all of which are easily calibrated from well‐established laboratory tests following a meticulously presented procedure. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.