Xiaoxiao Liu, Hua Huang, Xi Liu, Liang Wang, Qinghui Liu, Yaohua Liu
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Abstract
Collapsible loess is prone to significant deformation under the influence of water and load, leading to severe engineering problems and disasters. Compaction pile, a common method to address loess collapsibility, often suffers from design inefficiencies. In order to address this issue, it is necessary to quantitatively evaluate the collapsible deformation after compaction treatment. This paper introduces the concept of the compaction coefficient, derived through theoretical analysis based on the SMP strength criterion and the associated flow rule. The impact of soil parameters on the compaction coefficient is examined. Using indoor model tests of pile sinking and compaction combined with electron microscope scanning, the compaction coefficient at various positions between piles is determined. The numerical calculation results from subroutine development are compared with theoretical and experimental findings, verifying the accuracy of the proposed compaction coefficient. Additionally, indoor collapsibility experiments establish the relationship between the collapsibility coefficient and the compaction coefficient, as well as the variation of the collapsibility coefficient with pressure, which is then incorporated into a programming language. Finally, a numerical calculation method for collapsible deformation based on the Abaqus subroutine is proposed and validated through indoor model collapsibility experiments.
期刊介绍:
Engineering geology is defined in the statutes of the IAEG as the science devoted to the investigation, study and solution of engineering and environmental problems which may arise as the result of the interaction between geology and the works or activities of man, as well as of the prediction of and development of measures for the prevention or remediation of geological hazards. Engineering geology embraces:
• the applications/implications of the geomorphology, structural geology, and hydrogeological conditions of geological formations;
• the characterisation of the mineralogical, physico-geomechanical, chemical and hydraulic properties of all earth materials involved in construction, resource recovery and environmental change;
• the assessment of the mechanical and hydrological behaviour of soil and rock masses;
• the prediction of changes to the above properties with time;
• the determination of the parameters to be considered in the stability analysis of engineering works and earth masses.