Small-Strain Behavior of Granular Soils. II: Seismic Response Analyses and Model Evaluation

Using the recorded response at two vertical array sites, the SimSoil model presented in the companion paper is evaluated. The SimSoil model, which describes the small strain nonlinear behavior of granular materials, is implemented as a material model in AMPLE2000, a nonlinear, one-dimensional site response analysis code. Shear wave velocity profiles and laboratory test data available for both the La Cienega site, which was instrumented over 250?m, and the Lotung site, which was instrumented over 47?m, were used to determine SimSoil model parameters. Predictions from AMPLE2000 are compared with the measured response at several elevations for earthquakes that resulted in both nonlinear and nearly linear soil behavior. Using the available laboratory data and known input motions, the predictions of the response at these sites matched the recorded response well for varied magnitudes of shaking with a single set of parameters for each site.     

车辆载荷作用下路基土的变形特性

通过路基土在重复荷载作用下的室内实验，研究了路基土回弹变形和累积变形随荷载轴次增长的发展规律以及各种因素对累积变形的影响。所有试验均在MTS试验系统上完成。相关研究及分析成果是发展路面力学设计方法所必备的依据之一。     

土壤的石油污染研究进展

当今土壤的石油污染是一种较为普遍的现象。土壤石油污染的治理是学术界研究的热点领域，从石油污染的微生物降解。在土壤中的吸附，解吸与迁移。对作物的影响及生物修复方面介绍了国内外的有关研究现状及其发展趋势。     

地下水埋深对冻融土壤水分入渗特性影响的试验研究

本文基于冻融期间大田测坑不同地下水埋深条件下，自然冻结土壤水分入渗试验，分析讨论了地下水埋深对冻融土壤水分入渗能力、相对稳渗率的影响和冻融期间土壤入渗能力的变化特点。结果表明：地下水埋深对冻融土壤入渗能力的影响十分明显；土壤入渗能力随地下水埋深的增大而增大；冻融土壤的相对稳渗率随地下水埋深的减小而减小；冻融期间地下水埋深小的土壤的入渗能力始终小于地下水埋深大的土壤的入渗能力。地下水埋深对冻融土壤水分入渗能力的影响通过其对地表土壤含水量的影响而实现。研究结果对于指导季节性冻土地区冬、春灌溉合理灌水技术参数的确定具有实际意义     

确定土壤刚度的机械阻抗方法

运用机械阻抗(Mechanical impedance)方法,结合不同土壤的机械模型(Mechanical model),给出了表示特定土壤一维刚度的数学表达式.     

成层地基中Love波的弥散特性

本文结合有限元法与半无限元法研究了成层地基中土层的剪切波速度,质量密度和厚度对Love波速度弥散曲线以及相应的位移分布的影响。考虑到土的粘滞性,本文进一步讨论了阻尼比对Love波速度的弥散性及位移分布的影响,得到了一些有价值的结论。     

Experimental Evaluation of Engineering Behavior of Soft Bangkok Clay under Elevated Temperature

This paper presents the results of a systematic well designed experimental investigation carried out to study the engineering properties of the soft Bangkok clay heated up to 90°C from room temperature (25°C). Details of modified oedometer and triaxial test apparatus that can handle temperatures up to 100°C are also presented. In the range of temperatures investigated, soft Bangkok clay exhibited temperature induced volume changes that depend mainly on the stress history, reduction in the conventional elastic zone, stiffening, and increased hydraulic permeability with increasing temperature as well as apparent overconsolidation state after subjecting the normally consolidated specimen to heating/cooling cycle. The results of this study provide additional data that can enhance the understanding of the thermohydromechanical behavior concepts of saturated clays.     

Time-dependent behavior of fine-grained model material in resonant column experiments

Cyclic shear experiments with saturated and dry fine-grained corundum powder, i.e. -Al₂O₃ particles, have been conducted in a resonant column device. After an increase of total pressure the shear stiffness showed a slight decrease and a subsequent increase with time. The equivalent viscous damping ratio followed an opposite trend. The increase of shear stiffness with time did not stop after the end of primary consolidation, which cannot be explained with the slight reduction of void ratio during secondary consolidation. Stiffening of grain contacts through different dissolution-precipitation mechanisms and creep at particle contacts can explain the increase of shear stiffness with time, which has also been observed in natural soils by other researchers. Smaller rates of stiffness increase of dry samples support the idea of dissolution-precipitation mechanisms in the pore water. Higher rates for samples with smaller particles show an effect of surface-to-volume ratio.The study described in this paper was sponsored by the German Research Council (DFG), Research Group FOR 371-2. The support is gratefully appreciated.We would like to thank Professor Gudehus for many interesting discussions and valuable advice.We thank the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics and the Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, University of Karlsruhe, for providing the electron micrographs and the Institute for Ceramics in Mechanical Engineering for the grain size distribution.     

Nitrogen adsorption method for determining the mesopore slit-like size distribution of expansive soils

One of the most important structural parameters involved in the characterization of the void space of soils is the pore size distribution. In this work, a nitrogen adsorption method is presented as an alternative to determine the mesopore contribution of slit-shaped pores to the abovementioned parameter in montmorillonite-containing soils. The mesopore size structural parameter obtained via this sorption method is related to montmorillonite d₀₀₁ interlayer distances proceeding from either X-ray or electron diffraction analysis, if only by assuming during sorption analysis that mesopores resident inside clay grains adopt slit-shaped geometries. Mineralogical analysis and determination of some important geotechnical properties of these montmorillonite-containing soils complement the preceding sorption and structural studies.     

Inclusion of Some Aspects of Chemical Behavior of Unsaturated Soil in Thermo/Hydro/Chemical/Mechanical Models. II: Application and Transport of Soluble Salts in Compacted Bentonite

This paper presents an application of a coupled thermo/hydro/chemical/mechanical model via simulation of a laboratory experiment in order to investigate the transport behavior of ions in bentonite pore water. Chemical reactions considered include ion exchange reactions involving major cations (Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+) and precipitation-dissolution of trace minerals (calcite, dolomite, anhydrite, and halite). The following conclusions are drawn based on the numerical results. The development of both the temperature and moisture fields was captured by simulation, and a good correlation with the experimental water uptake results was observed. For all ions, the model showed a good qualitative and reasonable quantitative agreement with the experimental results.