Fundamental Theroy and Experimental Research

Large-scale triaxial tests on deformation and mechanical behavior of soil-rock aggregate mixture under different stress paths

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  • 1. School of Hydraulic Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410076, China; 2. College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; 3. Changsha Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd., Changsha, Hunan 410007, China

Received date: 2015-07-22

  Online published: 2018-06-09

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51508039 and 51078137) and the Science Program of Education Department of Hunan Province of China (15C0049).

Abstract

To understand the deformation and mechanical behavior of soil-rock aggregate mixture, a series of large-scale triaxial tests is conducted under different stress paths (conventional, constant stress ratio and constant p paths). The experimental results indicate that the strain softening of soil-rock aggregate mixture is insignificant under the low-confining pressure condition; the soil cohesion is generally low and the internal friction angle is relatively high. The internal friction angle and deformation modulus increase as the rock content increases from 25% to 70%. The stress-strain curves of soil-rock aggregate mixture are similar under the conventional stress path and the constant p path. Their shear strength indices are also similar. However, the form and development process of stress-strain curves under constant stress ratio path are significantly different. The specimen presents dilatation under low confining pressure and shrinkage at high confining pressure under conventional stress path. The higher the rock content, the more significant the dilatation under low confining pressure is. Conversely, the more significant the shear shrinkage under high confining pressure is. The relationship of volumetric strain and axial strain is linear under constant stress ratio path, and its slope decreases with the increase of stress ratio (q/p). The soil-rock aggregate mixture generally exhibits dilatation in constant p path tests, which is especially significant under low average principal stress.

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WANG Jiang-ying , CAO Wen-gui , JIANG Zhong-ming , ZHAO Zhi-peng, . Large-scale triaxial tests on deformation and mechanical behavior of soil-rock aggregate mixture under different stress paths[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2016 , 37(2) : 424 -430 . DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2016.02.015

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