Small strain dynamic behavior of two types of carbonate sands

The study reports on the small-strain dynamic behavior of two types of carbonate sands from Western Australia and the Philippines. Basic characterization of the soils was performed in terms of specific gravity, grading information, angle of shear strength at critical state, particle shape characterization and composition analysis. Piezo-element inserts were utilized to carry out the dynamic tests. For the Western Australia (WA) carbonate sand, both bender and extender element tests were performed, thus the shear modulus, the Young’s modulus and the Poisson’s ratio were examined. Both vertical and lateral bender element tests were performed on a set of specimens from the Philippines (PH) carbonate sand to study the shear modulus and, from which, no fabric anisotropy of the reconstituted specimens was found. It was observed that the overconsolidated specimens had higher stiffness than those during the first loading stages for both carbonate sands. In the pressure range of the study, grain breakage was small and its effect on the behavior of the samples was almost negligible. Empirical equations in the literature proposed from quartz sands could not predict the stiffness of the carbonate soils satisfactorily. In this regard, a preliminary study was carried out adopting the assumed void ratio that only considers the inter-particle voids instead of the summation of inter- and intra-particle voids; based on this concept, the predicted and measured stiffness (including both small-strain shear modulus, G_max and small-strain Young’s modulus, E_max) were found to be satisfactorily close.     

Correlation between motion of source bender element and feedback signal induced by self-monitoring

Since the introduction of bender element tests to soil testing, the reliability of the estimated travel time has been the most serious problem. The author has previously shown a potential solution whereby removing the response of the bender element subsystem from the whole response could dramatically improve the accuracy of the travel time estimation. In order to lay the foundation for estimating the response of the bender element subsystem, this paper examines the correlation between the displacements of the element and the induced feedback signals by employing a self-monitoring element. The response of the self-monitoring element is modeled as a transfer function involving two internal transfer functions that relate the input signals to the displacements and the displacements to the feedback signals, respectively. Using a laser displacement sensor, the displacements are directly measured through the entire surface and reveal the three-dimensional bending motion of the element oscillating in both longitudinal and width directions. The feedback signals are similar to, but inconsistent with, the tip displacements, and an attempt is made to correct the feedback signals. Finally, a conclusion is given on the potential for estimating the response of the bender element subsystem using the self-monitoring element.     

干砂最大剪切模量的共振柱与弯曲元试验

对德国 4 种干砂试样进行了共振柱与弯曲元对比试验,旨在分析弯曲元法测定砂土最大剪切模量时存在问题和解决方法。研究表明：时域初达法判定的剪切波传播时间较其他方法具有更好的稳定性;弯曲元试验测定最大剪切模量输入电压脉冲频率的减小而减小,衰减程度因砂土类型而异,该影响随围压的增大而减弱;对比分析表明,弯曲元与共振柱试验测定的最大剪切模量具有良好的线性关系,对柏林砂和不伦瑞克砂,存在一个临界最大剪切模量,小于该临界值时,弯曲元测值大于共振柱测值,而大于该临界值时,前者小于后者,两者差值随土样刚度增大而增大。对比研究指出,弯曲元试验尽可能采用合适高频脉冲电压作为激发电压,实践中应事先与共振柱试验进行对比。     

干砂饱和砂小应变剪切模量共振柱弯曲元对比试验研究

通过对2种洁净的干砂与饱和砂进行弯曲元与共振柱对比试验研究,得出了可靠的弯曲元剪切波传播时间确定方法,并对饱和砂土弯曲元与共振柱试验结果的偏差进行解释。不同频率激发信号对弯曲元剪切波速传播时间的研究证实,剪切波速随激发频率的增大而增大,采用激发频率为10kHz的初达波法与共振柱试验得到的结果具有较好的一致性。饱和砂土弯曲元与共振柱试验剪切波速结果相差6%～10%,可通过饱和砂土中剪切波速的弥散性对其进行解释。大部分洁净砂在弯曲元试验中激发频率一般大于特征频率,均需考虑剪切波速的弥散性。而对于天然砂土或粉土一般具有较高的特征频率,其弯曲元试验中一般不考虑剪切波速的弥散性。为洁净砂和天然砂土饱和土样的弯曲元测试提供有效方法。     

Travel time observation using numerical simulation of bender element testing in time and frequency domain

Due to poor understanding of the output signal, the reliability of the travel time estimated by bender element tests has been their most serious problem since their introduction to the soil testing. Recent establishment of a concept interpreting the bender element apparatus as a linear system enables us to calculate and probe the output signals more theoretically. In this study, first, the concept is reviewed to understand the linearity of the whole system, which is composed of some fundamental subsystems, reflecting the responses of the soil specimen, and the source/receiver bender elements including their peripherals. For modeling the response of the whole system, simplified models for the subsystems are employed and combined, with some updates to describe the interaction among the subsystems, by sharing some parameters throughout the models. With a set of hypothetical, but expected parameter values, the responses of each subsystem and the combined whole system are simulated in the time and frequency domains, and the resulting travel times are thoroughly examined. The validity of this model is demonstrated by comparing the system responses between the simulation and the experimental data previously conducted in the author’s laboratory. A potential that removing the response of the bender element subsystems from the whole response could dramatically improve the accuracy of travel time estimation in actual tests is concluded.     

砂土剪切模量测定的弯曲元、共振柱和循环扭剪试验

利用弯曲元、共振柱和循环扭剪试验联合测定了不同围压和密实度条件下干砂的小应变剪切模量,研究了弯曲元试验中输出信号的特性和各种信号分析方法确定剪切波传播时间的可靠性,并对比了不同试验的结果。研究结果表明,在共振柱试验时,需要考虑系统刚度对试验结果的影响,特别当试样刚度较大时。弯曲元输出信号中最先到达的是近场效应,其初始极化方向跟剪切波相反。近场效应随着输入频率的增加有一定程度的减小,但不会消失。实际试验中建议输入频率不断增加,直至输出信号比较稳定。值得注意的是,剪切初达波的振幅可能远小于后续振动,因此容易造成初达波的误判。时域初达波法能比较可靠准确地确定剪切波的传播时间,波峰法、交互相关法和交互功率法结果均随输入频率有较大波动,不能可靠地确定剪切波的传播时间。对比试验表明,弯曲元、共振柱和循环扭剪试验确定小应变剪切模量对细砂和粗砂均吻合良好,初步表明砂土粒径对不同试验方法结果的一致性没有影响。     

砂土小应变动力特性弯曲–伸缩元联合测试试验研究

近年来弯曲元在小应变动力特性测试中得到了广泛应用,但对弯曲–伸缩元的联合测试研究较少,国内对弯曲–伸缩元联合测试的研究几近空白。采用弯曲–伸缩元对福建砂进行了剪切波和压缩波联合测试,通过更宽区段激发频率和不同分析方法对剪切波速和压缩波速的确定进行了系统分析,得到了可靠的剪切波和压缩波传播时间确定方法。采用10~20 k Hz峰值法和互相关法可较方便准确地确定剪切波传播时间;压缩波初始到达较易判断,激发频率对压缩波速影响较小。利用弯曲–伸缩元联合测试得到剪切模量G_0和侧限模量M_0,试验结果表明围压和孔隙比对G_0的影响程度均较对M_0的影响程度大。通过剪切波速和压缩波速可计算得到泊松比,随密实度和围压的增大泊松比均以线性规律减小。为弯曲–伸缩元的进一步应用提供了有效的方法。     

Interpretation of small and intermediate strain characteristics of Hostun sand for various stress states

Small and intermediate strain properties of soils are key parameters to assess ground motion characteristics during an earthquake and other dynamic events. These properties are affected by various parameters. Among them, the effect of anisotropic stress state on the soil specimen is interest of investigation in this paper. Experiments were carried out using the modified resonant column device at Ruhr Universität Bochum on dry Hostun sand with relative density of 35%-95%. The results show the significant effect of density and anisotropic stress states on the small strain properties, G_max, of Hostun sand. At intermediate strain level, the results show the significant effect of anisotropic stress state on the shear stiffness and damping ratio. In addition, it is concluded that the effect of compression stress component on the small and intermediate strain properties is more significant than the effect of the deviatoric stress component. At the end, the paper shows the successful application of stress-based approach to describe G(γ) and η(γ) in Hostun sand subjected to the isotropic and anisotropic stress states.     

Energy efficiency of fibre reinforced soil formation at small element scale: Laboratory and numerical investigation

This paper explores the aspects related to the energy consumption for the compaction of unreinforced and fibre reinforced samples fabricated in the laboratory. It is well known that, for a fixed soil density, the addition of fibres invariably results in an increased resistance to compaction. However, similar peak strength properties of a dense unreinforced sample can be obtained using looser granular soil matrices mixed with small quantities of fibres. Based on both experimental and discrete element modelling (DEM) procedures, this paper demonstrates that less compaction energy is required for building loose fibre reinforced sand samples than for denser unreinforced sand samples while both samples show similar peak strength properties. Beyond corroborating the macro-scale experimental observations, the result of the DEM analyses provides an insight into the local micro-scale mechanisms governing the fibre-grain interaction. These assessments focus on the evolution of the void ratio distribution, re-arrangement of soil particles, mobilisation of stresses in the fibres, and the evolution of the fibre orientation distribution during the stages of compaction.     

土体小应变剪切模量的现场和室内试验对比及工程应用

土体小应变剪切模量G_0在场地地震响应和基坑变形等计算分析中有着重要作用。统计了上海典型土层的室内共振柱试验和现场原位波速测试测得的小应变剪切模量,给出了两种试验方法下的G_0的经验公式,并对比分析了室内试验和现场原位测试结果的差异。研究结果表明土体的G_0值主要由土体类别、孔隙比和平均有效应力决定,且现场试验的结果远高于室内试验的结果。进一步采用HS-Small本构模型对上海新金桥广场基坑工程的开挖变形进行数值模拟,分析了小应变剪切模量对于基坑工程变形的影响。分析结果表明,采用现场原位测试测得的小应变剪切模量进行基坑变形计算的结果与现场变形监测数据更为接近。     

A methodology to determine the elastic properties of anisotropic rocks from a single uniaxial compression test

This paper introduces a new methodology to measure the elastic constants of transversely isotropic rocks from a single uniaxial compression test. We first give the mathematical proof that a uniaxial compression test provides only four independent strain equations. As a result, the exact determination of all five independent elastic constants from only one test is not possible. An approximate determination of the Young's moduli and the Poisson's ratios is however practical and efficient when adding the Saint–Venant relation as the fifth equation. Explicit formulae are then developed to calculate both secant and tangent definitions of the five elastic constants from a minimum of four strain measurements. The results of this new methodology applied on three granitic samples demonstrate a significant stress-induced nonlinear behavior, where the tangent moduli increase by a factor of three to four when the rock is loaded up to 20 MPa. The static elastic constants obtained from the uniaxial compression test are also found to be significantly smaller than the dynamic ones obtained from the ultrasonic measurements.     

饱和度及收缩变形对土体小应变刚度特性的影响

饱和度影响下的浅表层土体小应变刚度与泊松比是预测土与结构物相互作用引起变形的关键参数。基于自主设计的试验装置,针对细粒土(黏土和粉土)通过蒸汽平衡法控制环境湿度,开展了无外荷载作用下土体饱和度变化对小应变刚度及泊松比影响的试验研究。试验结果表明:细粒土弹性波速及小应变刚度随饱和度演化均可分为3个阶段,即边界效应阶段、过渡阶段及残余阶段。压缩波速及小应变体积模量随饱和度的降低先减小后增加,剪切波速及小应变剪切模量随饱和度的降低逐渐增加,黏土的泊松比随饱和度的降低呈线性减小,粉土的泊松比在饱和度低于85%后无明显变化,仅在0.37附近波动,与粉土相比,黏土的小应变刚度特性及泊松比受饱和度影响更为显著。     

残损木柱受力性能退化试验研究与有限元分析

梁、柱等构件存在腐朽等局部残损是现存古建筑木结构的普遍状况,其显著地降低了木结构受力性能.为研究残损木柱受力性能退化规律,采用局部去除腐朽木材的方法模拟木柱上的局部残损,对4根不同残损程度的矩形木柱进行了轴心受压试验,得到了残损木柱的荷载-侧移、荷载-应变关系曲线,分析了残损木柱的破坏模式、承载力及刚度退化规律.试验结...