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Physical model case study: treatment effect of soft ground by vacuum preloading combined with liquid bag pressurization method 物理模型案例研究：真空预压结合液袋加压法处理软土地基的效果

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2023-0393

Shuangxi Feng, Daorun Xing, Huayang Lei, Rui Jia, Jiankai Li, Coffi Edgard Codjia, Yilin Bao

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Strength and Dilatancy of Crushable Soils With Different Gradings 不同等级可碾压土壤的强度和稀释性

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2023-0554

Zong-Lei Dong, Chenxi Tong, Sheng Zhang, Yi Pik Cheng, Daichao Sheng

{"title":"Strength and Dilatancy of Crushable Soils With Different Gradings","authors":"Zong-Lei Dong, Chenxi Tong, Sheng Zhang, Yi Pik Cheng, Daichao Sheng","doi":"10.1139/cgj-2023-0554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0554","url":null,"abstract":"Peak strength and dilatancy of granular materials generally decrease with increasing mean effective stress, and such a decrease will be enhanced due to the occurrence of particle breakage. This paper presents a simple empirical approach to modify Bolton’s original strength and dilatancy equation for crushable soils with different crushability. The proposed approach is based on data of a series of drained triaxial tests on carbonate soils with five different particle size distributions (PSDs) and three initial relative densities. It is also validated against other published experimental data on various crushable soils, including carbonate soils, limestones, coarse aggregates, and silica sands. The modified relation retains a similar form to Bolton’s equation with only one additional parameter introduced. As a result, the crushing strength-related parameter in the original relation is modified to incorporate the impacts of particle shape, gradings, and mineralogy on particle breakage. This modified parameter tends to increase as soil crushability decreases, which keeps a similar physical meaning to Bolton’s crushing strength-related parameter, and is suitable for a wider range of crushable soils with different gradings. The proposed strength and dilatancy equation for crushable soils yields to Bolton’s equation for strong soil particles where particle breakage is negligible.","PeriodicalId":505159,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geotechnical Journal","volume":"5 36","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141921392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Numerical investigation on the pullout capacity of suction caissons in silty sand-over-clay deposit 淤泥质砂-粘土沉积中吸水沉箱的抗拔能力数值研究

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2023-0555

Ningxin Yang, Mi Zhou, Yinghui Tian, Xihong Zhang

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Discussion of “Investigation of soil setup effects on pile response in clay considering over-consolidation ratio and installation method through physical modeling” 关于 "通过物理建模研究土质设置对粘土中桩响应的影响（考虑过固结比和安装方法）"的讨论

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2023-0754

Antonio M. L. Alves, B. Danziger, Francisco R. Lopes

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Three-dimensional voxel geological modelling for subsurface stratigraphy: A graph convolutional network approach 用于地下地层学的三维体素地质建模：图卷积网络方法

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2024-0191

Lai Wang, Qiujing Pan, Shan Huang, Dong Su

{"title":"Three-dimensional voxel geological modelling for subsurface stratigraphy: A graph convolutional network approach","authors":"Lai Wang, Qiujing Pan, Shan Huang, Dong Su","doi":"10.1139/cgj-2024-0191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0191","url":null,"abstract":"Three-dimensional (3D) geological modelling enhances the understanding and visualisation of complex subsurface stratigraphy, which underpins geotechnical digital twin and resilience design. Existing methods for 3D geological modelling suffer from either high computational burden or low modelling accuracy in large-scale region modelling with complex subsurface stratigraphy. This paper presents a novel deep learning method that applies the graph convolutional network (GCN) to 3D voxel geological modelling using limited boreholes. A topological graph is firstly constructed, with spatial points encoded as graph nodes. The strata types and spatial coordinates are incorporated into the feature vector of each node. Spatial correlations are quantified through weighted edges by connecting pairs of nodes within a cuboid neighbouring system. Besides, the occurrence probability of strata in all boreholes is embedded into the feature vector of each graph node to further improve the model robustness. A series of comparisons shows that the proposed method outperforms traditional TPS and MPS methods in terms of modelling accuracy. The proposed method is finally applied to a real tunnel engineering in Changsha City, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method in complex 3D geological settings.","PeriodicalId":505159,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geotechnical Journal","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141799455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of thermal cycles on sand-concrete interface under constant shear stress 热循环对恒定剪应力下砂-混凝土界面的影响

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2023-0140

Mouadh Rafai, A. Tang, Thibault Badinier, Jean de Sauvage, Diana Salciarini

{"title":"Effect of thermal cycles on sand-concrete interface under constant shear stress","authors":"Mouadh Rafai, A. Tang, Thibault Badinier, Jean de Sauvage, Diana Salciarini","doi":"10.1139/cgj-2023-0140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0140","url":null,"abstract":"Energy geostructures provide a profitable solution for structural support as well as the heating and cooling of buildings. However, their activation can produce in structure and its surrounding soil thermally-induced stresses and strains with a crucial role played by the soil-structure interface which is the thin layer that transmits the thermal and mechanical loads. In the present work, the thermo-mechanical behaviour of the soil–structure interface is investigated using a temperature-controlled direct shear box. Tests were conducted on loose and dense sands in contact with a concrete plate representing the structure's surface. After applying the normal stress (25, 50, or 100 kPa), a shear stress was increased up to 45% of the shear strength. This stress state was then maintained while 20 cycles of temperature varying between 13 °C and 34 °C at the soil-concrete interface were applied. The obtained experimental results reveal that temperature cycles lead to irreversible cumulative displacements in both normal and shear directions. These displacements were found to be more significant in loose sand compared to dense sand. Additionally, under higher stress levels, greater displacements were observed for both soil densities.","PeriodicalId":505159,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geotechnical Journal","volume":"21 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141801665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development of a Scaling Function to Estimate Unsaturated Mechanical Soil Behavior from a Soil-Water Characteristic Curve 根据土壤-水特性曲线估算非饱和力学土壤行为的比例函数开发

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2023-0658

Lucas Acheampong, L. S. Bryson

{"title":"Development of a Scaling Function to Estimate Unsaturated Mechanical Soil Behavior from a Soil-Water Characteristic Curve","authors":"Lucas Acheampong, L. S. Bryson","doi":"10.1139/cgj-2023-0658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0658","url":null,"abstract":"The small-strain shear modulus and shear strength are mechanical parameters crucial in the design of geotechnical structures and in the analyses of soil-structure interactions. This paper proposes a new approach for estimating these mechanical parameters. The proposed approach is predicated on the proportional inverse relationship of mechanical soil properties to the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC). The proposed equations supporting the approach incorporate a scaling function, alongside the initial saturated mechanical property. The performance of the proposed equations was demonstrated across a variety of soil textures, utilizing literature soils subjected to varying net normal stresses, and across a wide range of matric suction up to the residual suction zone. It was established that a correlation existed between the scaling function and air-entry value for both small-strain shear modulus and shear strength of unsaturated soils. In addition, the behavior of the scaling function under potential hysteretic effects was demonstrated and recommendations were provided on how to apply the proposed model under such conditions. Finally, the modified equations including the correlation for the scaling function were used to predict additional literature soils.","PeriodicalId":505159,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geotechnical Journal","volume":"115 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141802257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A new concept of CSS surface for describing the thermo-mechanical volume change of unsaturated bentonite 用于描述不饱和膨润土热机械体积变化的 CSS 表面新概念

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2024-0065

Yang Wang, Wei-min Ye, Qiong Wang, Yonggui Chen

{"title":"A new concept of CSS surface for describing the thermo-mechanical volume change of unsaturated bentonite","authors":"Yang Wang, Wei-min Ye, Qiong Wang, Yonggui Chen","doi":"10.1139/cgj-2024-0065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0065","url":null,"abstract":"Investigation on the thermo-mechanical volume change behavior of unsaturated bentonite is of great significance for successful design and construction of geological repositories. In this work, two types of thermo-mechanical volume change tests were carried out on unsaturated GMZ bentonite specimens. Results of temperature-suction controlled compression tests indicated that the virgin compression lines of unsaturated bentonite eventually converged toward that of saturated bentonite. With the concept of critical saturated state (CSS) curve, bilinear normal consolidation lines with consideration of temperature were proposed. Results of thermal loading tests indicated that the effects of over-consolidation ratio (OCR) on the thermal volume change behavior of unsaturated and saturated bentonite were similar, while, the suction effect on the thermal volume change behavior of unsaturated bentonite was different in unsaturated and critical saturated state. Based on the test results, a new concept of critical saturated state (CSS) surface was proposed in the stress space (s-p-T space) for compacted bentonite. In the new framework, the thermo-mechanical volume change behavior of unsaturated bentonite could be well described. The results obtained in this work could provide a new conception for developing the thermo-mechanical constitutive model for unsaturated bentonite.","PeriodicalId":505159,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geotechnical Journal","volume":"45 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141803763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A CSS surface based THM bounding constitutive model for volumetric behavior of bentonite 基于 CSS 表面的膨润土体积行为 THM 边界构造模型

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2024-0100

Yang Wang, Wei-min Ye, Qiong Wang, Yong-gui Chen

{"title":"A CSS surface based THM bounding constitutive model for volumetric behavior of bentonite","authors":"Yang Wang, Wei-min Ye, Qiong Wang, Yong-gui Chen","doi":"10.1139/cgj-2024-0100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0100","url":null,"abstract":"Development of the constitutive model for bentonite under coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) condition is of great significance for the construction and safety assessment of deep geological disposal repositories for high-level radioactive waste (HLW). In this work, a new temperature-suction-mean net stress (T-s-p) space with the conception of critical saturated state (CSS) surface was defined to represent the actual stress state of bentonite under coupled THM condition. Then, based on the CSS surface, a THM constitutive model was proposed for describing the volumetric behavior of compacted bentonite. Under the THM model framework, two bounding surfaces were proposed to describe the elastoplastic volume changes induced by mechanical response of skeleton and hydration of montmorillonite, respectively. The model responses upon some typical THM paths were simulated and discussed to reveal the performance of the proposed constitutive model for bentonite. Finally, the proposed model was validated by simulating by several volume change tests carried out on different bentonites. The results confirmed that the proposed model shows more advantages in describing the THM volumetric behavior.","PeriodicalId":505159,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geotechnical Journal","volume":"23 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141810299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Interpretation Considerations for Field Study of Axial Stresses/Forces in Driven H-Piles Due to Construction Activities for Fill Placement 对填土工程施工活动引起的打入式工字桩轴向应力/力进行实地研究时的解释考虑因素

Canadian Geotechnical Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2024-0111

Sepehr Chalajour, James A. Blatz

{"title":"Interpretation Considerations for Field Study of Axial Stresses/Forces in Driven H-Piles Due to Construction Activities for Fill Placement","authors":"Sepehr Chalajour, James A. Blatz","doi":"10.1139/cgj-2024-0111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0111","url":null,"abstract":"A field measurement was conducted on an H-pile driven into a multilayer soil profile to analyze the axial stresses/forces generated on the pile during bridge construction activities. Vibrating wire strain gauges and piezometers were utilized, and dynamic testing was conducted for this purpose. Measurements revealed that the pile's preinstallation and temperature changes after installation in cooler ground caused shifts in strain gauge readings. Furthermore, driving an adjacent pile into the vicinity equivalent to four pile diameters, caused a notable increase in pore water pressure, resulting in decreased stresses on the pile. Concreting on top of the pile induced compressive stress during the first day, followed by a considerable decrease and development of tension on the pile over the next two days. Considering the residual force due to pile installation, force distribution, neutral plane location, and maximum axial force along the shaft were different and higher than in the case where this force was ignored. This paper presents a robust methodology to evaluate forces/stresses in a pile subject to installation through to final loading, including drag force effects based on instrumentation measurements. This novel approach provides a better understanding of drag force impacts on actual load capacity under final production loading.","PeriodicalId":505159,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geotechnical Journal","volume":"117 28","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141821254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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