Effects of periodic saturation on stress–strain relationship of a sandstone mixture |
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| Authors: | Jun-Jie Wang Jing Zhang Zhen-Feng Qiu Hui-Ping Zhang |
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| Institution: | 1. Engineering Research Center of Diagnosis Technology and Instruments of Hydro-Construction, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, P. R. China;2. Key Laboratory of Hydraulic and Waterway Engineering of Ministry of Education, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, P. R. China;3. National Engineering Research Center for Inland Waterway Regulation, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | While a crushed sandstone particle mixture, usually used as an engineering fill, is filled along bank of or in a large reservoir, it is subjected to periodic saturation induced by filling-drawdown cycles of reservoir water. The periodic saturation may induce post-construction settlement, and reduce stability of the filled body. In order to evaluate the effects of periodic saturation on stress–strain relationship of the mixture, several triaxial tests are carried out. According to experimental data, the periodic saturation may induce an increment of axial strain (Δε; <0.226%), a decrement of crest of deviator stress (Δ(σ1?σ3)f; <0.192?MPa) and a decrement of angle of shearing resistance (Δφ; <3.70°). With increment of the number of periodic saturation cycles, the variations of the three parameters may be fitted by logarithmic curves. And with increase in the stress level for periodic saturation, the variations of the three parameters may be fitted by straight lines. Three fitting equations to predict the three parameters’ values, and an equation to calculate the settlement induced by the periodic saturation of a large-area filled foundation, are suggested. |
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| Keywords: | Periodic saturation sandstone mixture axial strain deviator stress shearing resistance settlement |
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