Fundamental Theroy and Experimental Research

A constitutive model of subgrade in a seasonally frozen area with considering freeze-thaw cycles

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  • 1. School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China; 2. School of Civil Engineering, Hebei Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, 075000, China; 3. Qinghai Research and Observation Base, Key Laboratory of Highway Construction & Maintenance Technology in Permafrost Region, Qinghai Research Institute of Transportation, Xining, Qinghai, 810000

Received date: 2014-12-18

  Online published: 2018-06-13

Abstract

The freeze-thaw cycle tests were conducted on the remoulded soil samples taken from a highway subgrade in a seasonally frozen area. The triaxial compression tests under the consolidated-drained condition were carried out on the remoulded samples subjected to freeze-thaw cycle, and stress-strain data were obtained. Based on the experimental results and the theory of elasto- plasticity, an elliptic equation is proposed to fit the yield surface in the p-q coordinate system, while a parabolic equation is proposed to fit shear yield surface, from which an elastic-plastic constitutive equation was developed following an associated flow rule with considering freeze-thaw cycles. By comparing the theoretical calculation with the experimental data, it is shown that the proposed double-yield surface constitutive model can accurately predict the frozen soil stress-strain relationship. The model provides a theoretical basis for long-term stability analysis and engineering prediction of subgrade soil in seasonally frozen areas.

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CUI Hong-huan , LIU Jian-kun , ZHANG Li-qun , TIAN Ya-hu , . A constitutive model of subgrade in a seasonally frozen area with considering freeze-thaw cycles[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2015 , 36(8) : 2228 -2236 . DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2015.08.014

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