Experimental Study Creep Characteristics on Creep and Cyclic of Saturated Soft Clay

Several long term creep and cyclic creep tests of Shanghai soft clay are performed in the laboratory. Test results have been obtained under various combinations of confining stresses, deviation static stress ratios and deviation cyclic stress ratios. The results reveal that the axial creep strain increases with the increase of deviation static stress ratio under a constant confining stress, while it also increases with the increase of confining stress under a constant deviation stress ratio. Such a phenomenon is similar to that from the cyclic creep tests, but the following creep strain increase will be significantly reduced after a period of cyclic loading. The results will benefit the expressway, railroad and underground constructions.     

Behavior of Loose Sand-structure Interface Undergoing High Frequency Cycle Shearing

The behavior of loose sand-structure interface under the high frequency cycle shearing is analyzed by using Particle Discrete Element Method (DEM).The changes of sand box porosities of DEM model and sand volume strains are examined in detail.The results show that sand volumetric shrinkage due to shearing is not obvious in spite of the larger loose sand particle friction coefficients and particle stiffness.The particle stiffness ratio has a little effect on the mechanical properties of sands.In addition,the decrease in volume of sand under shearing is more obvious with the increase of the confining pressures.Moreover,the decrease in volume of loose sand under shearing is greater with the increase of the high frequency cycle shear amplitude and the shear frequency.     

Experimental Analysis on Crack Initiation Stress and Rupture Energy of Marble Failure

Based on the marble conventional triaxial test data, the crack initiation stress and rupture energy under different confining pressures are analyzed. Results showed that the crack initiation position is gradually close to the peak strength point with the increase of the confining pressure. The location of the crack initiation occurs in 50% ~70% peak strength. The rupture energy and confining pressure are in positive linear relationship as well as the rupture energy and peak axial stress. And sudden increase of AE energy count corresponds with the crack initiation stress. AE energy count and cumulative energy increase quickly after the crack initiation position, which increase significantly in the crack initiation point. The crack initiation point of theoretical calculation is in good agreement with acoustic emission monitoring. Mogi-Coulomb criterion is in keeping with experimental results.     

On the Type of Stress-strain Relation Curves and the Critical State for Soils

In order to discuss the influence of stress history on the constitutive relations for soils,a series of drained conventional triaxial compression tests for normally consolidated and overconsolidated clays have been carried out.It is found through comparing the stress-strain relation curves under the different stress histories that the overconsolidated ratio is the determining factor for volumetric strain.The volumetric strain is less sensitive to consolidation pressure,however.For the shear capacity,the consolidation pressure is the determining factor,but the influence of the overconsolidated ratio can not be neglected since it determines whether there will be strain hardening or strain softening as well as the grade of strain softening.Despite that,the soil specimens will finally reach a unified critical state and approximately the same residual strength.According to the principle of interaction between plastic volumetric and shear strains,the mechanism of generating two types of stress-strain relation curves for clays is explained.It is shown that the critical state is a pure process of shearing deformation in which the interaction between plastic volumetric and shear strains completely disappears.The critical state is independent of the previous stress history.     

大豆堆压缩特性的实验研究

使用TSZ-6A型应变控制式三轴仪对不同围压(8kPa~200kPa)、不同含水率(9.8%、11%、13.5%、14.8%、15.8%w.b.)的黑龙江省大豆堆的体积变化和体变模量进行了测定,分析了围压与含水率对大豆堆体变模量的影响。体变模量随着围压(8kPa~200kPa)的增大而增大,大豆实验结果表明:对含水率为9.8%w.b~15.8%w.b、围压为8kPa~200kPa的大豆堆,其体变模量范围为227.94kPa~610.58kPa。相同含水率的大豆堆的体变模量随着围压(8kPa~200kPa)的增大而增大;同一围压下,大豆堆体变模量随着含水率(9.8%w.b~15.8%w.b)的增大而减小。     

Research on Mechanical Characteristics of the Cemented Sandstone Based on 3Dimensional PFC Numerical Model

Sandstone is sediment rock composed of many cemented sand particles, and corresponding particle constraint and force bearing capacity are greatly controlled by the cemented property. In order to better reflect the cemented property influencing on the mechanical characteristics of the sandstone, take the oil sandstone reservoir for instance, a numerical model based on 3Dimensional Particle Flow Code (PFC3D) considering the parallel bond model was brought forward to simulate the failure mechanism during shearing process. The sandstone cemented property is modeled based on random mathematics and advanced development of Particle Flow Code (PFC), and the relation of the stress ratio, volume strain, coordination number and bond-broken number and the axial strain is analyzed in detail, especially the contact network evolution indicated the force chain is important to transfer the external force, which verifies the feasibility of the numerical model. Based on the above PFC3D model, a series of researches on changing the cemented radius ratio, parallel bond stiffness and cemented volume of the particles have been done to clearly illuminate the importance of cemented property for the bearing capacity of the sandstone structure, which provides a scientific base for research on the failure mechanism of the sandstone under special conditions. Therefore, the above numerical method is more efficient and applicable for comparatively large scale and complex experiments, and the obtained research results can bring a new thought for the real cemented sandstone to research on its macro-micromechanical response and the structure failure mechanism, and also is significant for the sand production mechanism, sand volume prediction and sand control measures for the sandstone reservoir.     

Test on engineering properties of unsaturated undisturbed loess Q2

A series of triaxial shear tests with controlled constant confining pressure are conducted to study the failure modes, effects of deformation, strength and yield properties of unsaturated undisturbed loess Q2, with improved SJ-1A triaxial shear equipment. The test results show that the failure mode of unsaturated undisturbed loess Q2 is shear failure with the rupture angle between 55 and 61 degree; Shear dilatancy is shown under low confining pressure, and shear shrinkage is shown under high confining pressure; The stress-strain curves of undisturbed loess Q2 will change from perfectly plastic to weak strain softening as the confining pressure increases; A effective method is suggested to identify the field stress of undisturbed loess Q2 under triaxial shear condition with the curves of - q/p ; when the confining pressure increases, the deviatoric yield stress qy has a logarithmic relationship with net mean yield stress py .     

蓖麻籽直筒式压榨侧向压力系数的理论研究

为建立蓖麻籽直筒式压榨侧向压力系数的理论公式,以便于合理地确定直筒式压榨机的榨筒参数,通过进行蓖麻籽直筒式单轴压榨试验,获取蓖麻籽压榨坯密度、侧向应力和轴向应力。试验建立的压榨坯密度与轴向应力的关系曲线和金属粉体压制曲线近似,由此利用金属粉体压制公式进行数据拟合,同时利用试验数据建立了侧向压力系数与轴向应力关系曲线。理论公式计算值与试验实测值的最大相对误差为24.74%,平均误差7.56%,证明了基于压榨塑性模型推导过程建立的侧向压力系数理论模型能较好地描述蓖麻籽侧向压力系数变化。     

Multi-field coupling effect on coalbed methane seepage characteristics and numerical simulation

This paper studies the seepage of coal samples under the influence of each single factor, the axial stress, confining pressure, gas pressure, and temperature by experiments. It uses Ansys12.0 to numerically simulate the law of coalbed methane seepage, coal deformation, pore pressure, the distribution of flow field under the influence of each single field and multi-field coupled. The numerical simulation show that the result of numerical simulation of gas seepage law in the coal under each single fields is basically the same as the experimental result. The curve of gas seepage and average effective stress under the condition of multi-field coupled is negative exponential relationship. Stress influenced the deformation of the specimen is greater than the seepage field. The axial stress on the deformation of the specimen is greater than confining presses The influence on the flow field by confining pressure is greater than axial stress, the influence of axial stress on the pore pressure is greater than confining pressure, pore-pressure under the action of multi-field is bigger than pro-pressure under each single field. To study the seepage law of coalbed methane, it should consider the influence of gas-solid-heat at the same time.     

The influence of initial internal structure of coal sample on gas flow characteristic

Three kinds of coal samples with different components are chosen as study objects.Density calculation and SEM are adopted to study their internal structures,and a self made triaxial gas seepage instrument is used to study their internal gas flow characteristics.The results show that internal structures of coal samples made of different particle size coal powders under identical external conditions are various,and nonlinearity is presented on the influence caused by fabric.Gas flow characteristic is complex in complete stress strain process,generally it firstly increases and then decreases,initial gas flow velocity is lower than the one after the failure of coal sample,and obvious hysteretic nature of gas flow characteristic is showed.The influence of gas flow characteristic caused by initial internal structure of coal sample is nonlinear and the stress sensitivity is high on the influence of gas flow characteristic caused by initial internal structure.The more complex the initial internal structure of the coal sample is,the lower the axial tress sensitivity is,and the higher the confining pressure sensitivity is.     

Dynamic Properties of Yangla Copper Tailings Material

Tailing sands, coarse tailing sands and fine tailing sands all were prepared by artificial partitioning experimentation in accordance with the requirements of central line damming. DDS 70 electromagnet kinetic equipment was used to study the dynamic strength, stress strain relationship, dynamic modulus and damping ratio of three tailing sand types. The dynamic strength and parameters were determined, and some influential factors, such as particle composition, confining pressure, consolidated stress ratio and dynamic stress, were discussed. The test results provide basic data for the stability evaluation of the Yangla copper tailing dam under a magnitude 8 earthquake.     

早龄期加载对粉煤灰混凝土变形及强度的影响

研究了粉煤灰掺量、加载龄期和加载应力对粉煤灰混凝土早期变形及加载后强度变化的影响。研究结果表明：随着粉煤灰掺量增加,混凝土的变形量逐渐降低,当掺量为30%时,变形量减少了33.6%;随着加载龄期提前或加载应力增大,粉煤灰混凝土的早期变形量增大,其中,加载应力的影响尤其明显,60%加载应力（60%的标准养护条件下7 d轴心抗压强度）比20%加载应力下混凝土最终变形量增加了277.2%;混凝土初始加载时间提前或加载应力增大会导致加载后粉煤灰混凝土强度下降,加载应力比加载龄期对加载后粉煤灰混凝土强度的影响更明显。     

Analyses of Interlayer Stresses and Strain Transfer in Smart Laminated Structures

A new model is proposed to analyze the strain/stress transfer relation between host materials and piezoceramic sensors/actuators under bending and axial stress loading. The finite thickness of the adhesive is taken into account. The physical layers of the piezoceramic, adhesive and structure material are further subdivided into thinner layers as fine as necessary in order to improve the accuracy of stress analysis. In each thin layer the in-plane stresses are assumed to vary linearly across the thickness. By satisfying equilibrium equations, constitutive equations and displacement-strain relations, all components of stress, strain and displacement can be expressed as functions of the in-plane forces and the moments of the thin layers. The differential equations governing the in-plane forces and the moments are obtained. Then, this analytical model is used to predict strain transfer from the structure material to the sensor. It is found, both experimentally and theoretically, that the axial strain of the host material is considerably larger than the strain of the sensor, which is directly related to the output voltage. By introducing the so-called strain transfer factor, a relationship between the output voltage of the sensor and the strain of the measured material is derived. The model is used to predict interlayer stress distributions and strain transfer, which are induced by actuator strain. The result was compared with existing experiments and FEM. There is stress concentration between the actuator and adhesive around the edge of the smart structures, which may cause debonding under high stress loading.     

Analysis on AE characteristic and its confining pressure effect of outburst coal containing gas

Briquette samples made of outburst coal are taken as study objects to study AE characteristic and its confining pressure effect by using self-developed equipment, Shimazu servo test machine and AE monitor system, and the characteristic of AE parameters are analyzed, too. The results show that in the process of outburst coal containing gas triaxial compression, there is no serious dense or sparse area of AE events, but three relative dense appear in compression phase, middle area of linear elastic stage and near peaking phase area so that the characteristic of AE events look like three peaks. But the amplitude of AE events is small and the good consistency between energy change and amplitude change is showed. Microstructure change caused by external stress field change, fracture and fragmentation of particle of samples, movement besides particle of samples and microstructure change caused by dissipation of gas are the sources of AE events. The number of AE events is reduced as the confining pressure is increased, but the influence on total number of AE events caused by confining pressure show nonlinear, expressed by quadratic function. The number of larger amplitude of AE events show decreasing tendency as the confining pressure is increased, the relation between numbers of AE events whose amplitude is more than certain value and confining pressure is expressed by quadratic function.     

Study on mechanical behaviors of interface with cemented soil slurry between gravel and concrete by simple shear tests

The mechanical behaviors of the interface between coarse-grained soil and concrete are investigated by simple shear tests under conditions of cemented soil slurry (clay mixed with cement grout). The results show that the relation curve between shear stress and shear strain appears stress-strain softening and shear dilatation is significant. The point of peak strength and the position when the shear dilatation occurs are related to normal stress. In addition, shear dilatation occurs before the shear stress reaches peak value. In shear failure state, with the same height, the shear displacement increases as the normal stress increases. While with the same normal stress and at the same height, the shear displacement increases as the concrete content increases. A particle flow model of simple shear test between interface between coarse-grained soil and concrete is constructed by PFC (particle flow code). The disturbed height of the sample and the main influence factors are determined by analyzing the laws of particle motion at different heights inside the sample. The PFC results show disturbed height of the sample is related to maximum particle diameter of the soil, normal stress and roughness of the interface (with or without slurry) etc. In terms of the coarse-grained soil, the shear displacement is significant in the area which is close to the interface and about 3-4 times of the maximum particle diameter, and informed the obvious shear band. Further, the thickness of the interface can be regarded as the value.     

Numerical Simulation of Mechanical Behaviors of Articular Cartilages

Articular cartilage, which is composed with a solid phase of collagen fibers and proteoglycan and a pore fluid phase, can be depicted with two-phase porous medium model based on mixture theory. This paper analyzed the creep and stress relaxation responses of confined compression problems of articular cartilage with the developed finite element method. The obtained responses of velocities of both solid and fluid phases and the effective stresses of solid phase as well as the pore pressures during the creep and stress relaxation processes of articular cartilage tissues under confined compression can be used as a theoretical reference for man-made cartilage materials, and behave important significance for the research in bio-mechanical engineering area.     

Triaxial creep model and its stability analysis of gas containing coal 

Investigation on the creep property of coal containing gas is an effective means for understanding the mechanism of delay outburst of coal and gas in a coal mine. This paper conducts triaxial creep tests on the specimens of gas containing coal using a self made creep experimental apparatus to determine the creep law for coal containing gas. An improved triaxial creep model is developed for containing gas by coupling a Nishihara model with another visco elasto plastic body which can describe the deformation property of non Newtonian fluids. The parameter fittings are conducted based on the experimental dada.The present model is examined in terms to the results of triaxial creep tests in various stress level cases. The result shows that the proposed model for gas containing coal can properly represent the creep deformation at different creep stages, especially at the accelerating stage. The instability condition of the model for coal containing gas is also discussed according to stability theories of differential equation solution.     

围压与含水率对小麦堆弹性模量影响的实验研究

使用应变控制式三轴仪,测定了不同围压和含水率条件下的小麦堆弹性模量,并分析了围压与含水率对小麦堆弹性模量的影响.实验结果表明：同一含水率下,小麦堆（含水率为11.88％ w.b、12.91％ w.b、14.40％ w.b、15.40％ w.b、16.85％ w.b）弹性模量随着围压（50 kPa～200 kPa）增大而增大;同一围压下,小麦堆的弹性模量随着水分的增大而减小.     

Experimental study on acoustic emission characteristics of coal rock at different confining pressure

This paper conducts experimental investigation on acoustic emission(AE) characteristics of coal rock at uniaxial and triaxial compression by MTS815 rock mechanics test system. The results show that the variation of AE has tendency effect at uniaxial compression and confining pressure experiments. We indicate that AE signal decreases significantly in the elastic stage, and the relatively quiet period of AE before the specimens failure is not obvious under confining pressure. The AE amplitude distribution with time and its envelope line can indirectly reflect the trend of stress. The AE events peak stress and elastic modulus decrease with the temperature increase, and the value of m which reflects the cumulative distribution of amplitude increases as the confining pressure rises. The results also show that the AE frequency distributes in three frequency domains, and the proportions of dominant frequency significantly increase while the specimens are broken.     

Frost Heave Tests for the Bedding Materials of Face Rockfill Dam in Pushihe, P. R. China

To insure the safe performance of rockfill dam faces in cold seasons, frost tests were carried out at a consistent empirical freezing speed of 20mm/day to study the frost susceptibility of the bedding materials. The influence of gradation, fine particle content, water content, and surcharge of the bedding material on frost heaving were obtained. When fine particle content was below 12%, there was no or only weak frost heaving. Frost increased linearly as fine particle content rose. When the fine particle content was fixed, the linear relationship between the water content and the frost heaving changed with the gradations. Typical water content of 7.5%, fine particle content of 12%, and concrete face density of 59g/cm3 are suggested for the bedding material to avoid frost damage.