Fundamental Theroy and Experimental Research

Research on microscopic mechanism of accelerated creep of soft clay under vibration loads

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  • 1. School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Coast Civil Structure Safety of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; 3. Baoli (Tianjin) Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300022, China

Received date: 2015-04-01

  Online published: 2018-06-05

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51378344), the Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology (14JCYBJC21700) and the Tianjin Research Program of Developing the Ocean by Science and Technology (KJXH2013-15).

Abstract

Through researching variation of soft clay microstructure in accelerated creep condition, we can deeply understand internal mechanism of accelerated creep characteristics. According to the micro quantitative technology and triaxial creep test of a variety of conditions of soft clay in Tianjin area, comparison between microstructures of soil samples under static and dynamic loads is made for explaining creep mechanism from microcosm. Research shows that the abundance and complexity of the structure element reduce when the accelerated creep appears, and the shape of the structural unit body becomes oblate and tends to smooth edges. Soil particle has no obvious directional property under natural condition. The particle orientation enhances obviously after the accelerated creep. Vibration loads make the creep degree increase and the soil creep rate be accelerated. It reveals that the accelerated creep of soil mass is actually a self adjusting and reengineering process of the soil internal structure under dynamic loads.

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LEI Hua-yang, LU Hai-bin, WANG Xue-chao, LI Bin, REN Qian, . Research on microscopic mechanism of accelerated creep of soft clay under vibration loads[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2017 , 38(2) : 309 -316 . DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2017.02.001

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