轮胎与格室加筋路堤性能及承载力研究

为研究废旧轮胎与土工格室加筋路堤边坡的性能,分别对废旧轮胎、土工格室加筋路堤边坡开展了室内模型试验,并考虑了填料两种不同相对密度的影响。试验结果表明:相对素土路堤而言,废旧轮胎和土工格室加筋路堤均能有效地提高承载力,增强其稳定性,减小不均匀沉降。加筋后均有效地增大了附加应力的扩散角,使得附加应力分布更为均匀,并且素土路堤与加筋路堤中轴线上附加应力差值随路堤深度增大而减小。中轴线以外的质点侧向位移随路堤深度的增加,呈现出先增大后减小的趋势,几种路堤中,废旧轮胎加筋路堤侧向位移最小。加筋效果随相对密度增大而减小,在低相对密度条件下,加筋后承载力能达到素土路堤2倍以上,而在高相对密度下却不足2倍。最后根据土工格室加筋地基承载力计算方法及对废旧轮胎加筋机理分析,提出了关于废旧轮胎加筋地基承载力计算方法。     

土工格室加筋地基承载力研究

土工格室被应用于道路、地基、边坡与渠道的保护以及重力式支挡结构,其中,加筋地基可以通过格室侧壁的限制和摩擦力改善砂、石等填料的工程性质,将土工格室层视为基础的旁侧荷载可提高地基承载力。根据土工格室加筋土体的力学机理,采用极限平衡分析法,利用三角形条块法求作用在三角形刚性楔形体两滑动剪切面上的被动土压力,并考虑了土体与土工格室侧壁相互作用对地基承载力的贡献,提出土工格室加筋软基承载力公式,并采用已有模型试验结果,验证了公式的合理性和正确性。     

土工格室规格对加筋土剪切性能的影响

土工格室加筋结构由于抗震性好、施工简便、造价低廉,而广泛应用于公路、铁路等交通基础设施中。目前土工格室加筋结构中仅考虑了土工格室的抗拉强度,而未考虑土工格室规格的影响,使土工格室的选用主要依靠工程经验。通过对5种不同规格土工格室开展室内直剪试验,研究了条带高度、结点间距及法向应力对土工格室–砾砂剪切力学特性的影响,通过引入加筋强度系数评价了不同法向应力、土工格室规格的加筋效果,最后分析了土工格室规格对剪切强度参数的影响。试验结果表明：不同规格土工格室均可有效提高加筋结构的抗剪强度,其中抗剪强度随条带高度的增大、结点间距的减小而增大,同时条带高度对剪切强度的贡献约是结点间距的1.8倍。土工格室加筋砾砂的抗剪强度随法向应力增大而增大,但其加筋强度系数随法向应力的增大而减小。50kPa作用下,条带高度对加筋强度系数的增幅在12.57%以上,而结点间距对加筋强度系数的增幅却不足3.80%。土工格室加筋可显著提高填料的黏聚力,其中条带高度对黏聚力的提高尤为显著,增幅约为25%,而对内摩擦角提高相对较少,增量最大为5.11°。试验结果可为土工格室在实际工程中的应用和理论研究提供实验基础。     

基于渐进均匀化方法的土工格室加筋地基沉降计算与分析

土工格室作为一种三维加筋材料已广泛应用于土木、港口等多领域,土工格室加筋地基也随之得到了广泛的应用。由于地基结构在受荷载作用后会产生应力、应变、位移,为保证地基质量,对地基沉降值进行计算与分析是十分必要的。采用渐进均匀化方法计算土工格室加筋层各组分等效弹性模量等力学参数,表明土工格室加筋层是一种横观各向同性的负泊松比材料。利用所得的力学参数建立格室不同埋深时的参考试验地基模型,进行数值模拟,结果表明格室埋深影响地基沉降值,埋深越大,地基沉降值越大。     

条形荷载下土工格室加筋砂土路堤模型试验研究

为了探讨不同土工格室加筋方式对路堤应力变形特性和不均匀沉降的控制效果,分别对纯砂路堤边坡和土工格室加筋路堤进行多组模型试验,研究了土工格室焊距、埋深、加筋层数以及压实度对路堤承载力特性和变形特性的影响,同时结合土工格室材料应变的变化规律和加筋路堤的坡面变形状态分析了土工格室加筋路堤的破坏模式。试验结果表明:格室加筋效果随着焊距、加筋深度的减小而增加,随着压实度、加筋层数的增加而增加;土工格室加筋路堤承载力是纯砂的2.5倍左右,提高了路堤的极限承载力,减小了路堤沉降,并且土工格室加筋路堤坡面侧向位移比纯砂路堤减小了75%。     

高填方加筋新旧路堤现场试验与数值模拟分析

 结合山区高速公路拓宽工程,对土工格室处治高填方新旧路堤进行现场试验,分析加宽高填方路堤侧向位移、沉降及土压力变化规律,研究格室处治效果。在现场试验的基础上,采用三维薄膜单元模拟土工格室的立体加筋性能,建立三维弹塑性模型,分析土工格室受力特点,通过对相关参数的敏感性分析,揭示高填方加宽路堤的变形规律。结果表明,采用三维薄膜单元,能较好地反映土工格室处治现场高填方新旧路堤的规律。与现场试验相比,利用数值试验不仅能得到现场的加筋效果,而且还能通过分析筋材与填料参数的变化和筋材铺设间距来研究格室处治高填方路堤的规律,从而可进一步探讨格室加筋的机制。高填方路堤在加宽路基自重荷载作用下沉降主要集中在加宽路堤的中上部,侧向位移从路基顶面到底部依次逐渐减少。土工格室所在层位起到扩散荷载、减少侧向变形和不均匀沉降的作用。填料与筋材模量愈高,加筋间距愈小,加筋效果愈好,较为合理的铺设间距为2～3 m。该研究成果对高填方路堤加筋处理和新旧路基结合部处理均有借鉴意义。     

土工格室对路堤沉降影响的有限元分析

通过研究土工格室如何对软土路堤进行加筋,并且应用ANSYS有限元软件来数值模拟土工格室增强土体的强度。通过添加土工格室前后情况对比,改变土工格室的添加层数进行分析,研究了铺设土工格室对软土路堤的沉降影响以及最优的铺设层数。结果表明,添加土工格室能限制路堤的沉降,使土体稳定性整体提高。     

单个高强土工格室作用机理的有限元分析

建立了方形基础下单个高强土工格室加筋地基和未加筋地基的有限元模型,通过对比分析未加筋地基和单个高强土工格室加筋地基中的水平位移分布、水平压力分布、格室–土界面的相互作用以及格室壁上的压力和摩擦力分布等,研究了单个高强土工格室对土体的作用机理。发现高强土工格室中除了对土体有侧壁的摩擦作用外,还对其内部的砂土有较大环箍作用,在这两个主要作用之下,高强土工格室能有效地限制其内砂土的水平向运动,阻隔砂土间内力的传递,进而提高地基的承载力。     

土工格室加筋砂土地基沉降试验研究

土工合成材料可以有效提高地基的承载力与减小地基的表面沉降差异。在静荷载作用下,采用室内模型试验方法对纯砂地基和土工格室加筋地基的地基承载力和沉降情况进行了对比分析,研究了格室埋深、格室高度及筋材层数对距离基础不同远近处地基沉降的影响。研究结果表明,在荷载较小时,土工格室加筋地基作用效果相近;在荷载较大时,土工格室加筋效果提高显著;土工格室加筋地基不仅有效控制了基础沉降,而且减小了基础附近地基的沉降差异;筋材调节地基不均匀沉降的加筋效果随筋材埋深减小、筋材层数增加、格室高度增加而有不同程度的提高。     

土工格室在泥岩地质条件下的试验研究

对土工格室在泥岩地质条件下的作用效果进行了试验研究。研究得出:除部分大重块填料会对土工格室条带造成损伤,其他填料均不会影响其作用效果;且土工格室在下路床使用时具有加强泥岩土层强度、减少摊铺步骤、降低施工成本、加快施工进度的作用。试验结果为土工格室新工艺广泛应用于四川省公路项目提供了科学可靠的数据,为深入推进公路行业高质量发展夯实了基础。     

路堤荷载下双向增强复合地基荷载分担比及沉降计算

针对路堤荷载下双向增强复合地基受力变形特性,以单桩有效影响范围内的路堤与复合地基为分析对象,引入大挠度环形薄板考虑加筋垫层的“柔性筏板效应”与“拉膜效应”,同时通过假定桩土相对位移模式,考虑地基成层性,从而建立了路堤、水平加筋体、桩体、桩间土协调变形三维模型,获得了路堤荷载作用下双向增强复合地基的荷载分担比及沉降计算方法。采用某工程试验数据对该计算方法进行验证,同时分析了路堤高度、桩帽宽度、筋材抗拉模量对中性点位置、桩土差异沉降以及复合薄板中面最大拉应力的影响,结果表明该方法所求得的荷载分担比及沉降与实测值较为接近,证明了其合理性。     

Vibration response of machine foundations protected by use of adjacent multi-layer geocells

The response of soil beds reinforced with multi-layer geocell systems that support machine foundations is investigated by laboratory testing that incorporates vertical machine vibrations of a square concrete foundation (400 × 400 mm) resting on soil that is unreinforced or reinforced with single-, double- or triple geocell layers. The tests are performed under three different vibration moment levels and three static force levels using a mechanical oscillator and concrete blocks, respectively. The vibration responses are studied in terms of resonant amplitude, resonant frequency, shear modules and damping coefficient. The results reveal that the resonant amplitude significantly reduced in the presence of geocell reinforcement whereas the resonant frequency, shear modulus and damping coefficient increased. In the range of applied vibration load and frequency, and hence the induced amplitude, maximum improvement (i.e., the greatest reduction in vibration amplitude) was observed in the presence of the triple-layer geocell reinforcement. Since the rate of improvement decreases steadily with an increase in the number of geocell layers, thus, further geocell layers would deliver little further benefit. The optimum placement depth of the first geocell layer and vertical spacing of the geocell layers were found to be 0.1 and 0.05 of the foundation's width respectively.     

Response of pavement foundations incorporating both geocells and expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam

The suitability of geocell reinforcement in reducing rut depth, surface settlements and/or pavement cracks during service life of the pavements supported on expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam blocks is studied using a series of large-scale cyclic plate load tests plus a number of simplified numerical simulations. It was found that the improvement due to provision of geocell constantly increases as the load cycles increase. The rut depths at the pavement surface significantly decrease due to the increased lateral resistance provided by the geocell in the overlying soil layer, and this compensates the lower competency of the underlying EPS geofoam blocks. The efficiency of geocell reinforcement depends on the amplitude of applied pressure: increasing the amplitude of cyclic pressure increasingly exploits the benefits of the geocell reinforcement. During cyclic loading application, geocells can reduce settlement of the pavement surface by up to 41% compared to an unreinforced case – with even greater reduction as the load cycles increase. Employment of geocell reinforcement substantially decreases the rate of increase in the surface settlement during load repetitions. When very low density EPS geofoam (EPS 10) is used, even though accompanied with overlying reinforced soil of 600 mm thickness, the pavement is incapable of tolerating large cyclic pressures (e.g. 550 kPa). In comparison with the unreinforced case, the resilient modulus is increased by geocell reinforcement by 25%, 34% and 53% for overlying soil thicknesses of 600, 500 and 400 mm, respectively. The improvement due to geocell reinforcement was most pronounced when thinner soil layer was used. The verified three-dimensional numerical modelings assisted in further insight regarding the mechanisms involved. The improvement factors obtained in this study allow a designer to choose appropriate values for a geocell reinforced pavement foundation on EPS geofoam.     

加筋地基土压力测试与机理分析

在素垫层内铺设土工材料加筋后,筋土的界面摩擦作用使加筋垫层的模量提高、应力扩散范围增大,有效发挥下卧土层的承载力、减小地基沉降。通过土工带加筋现场原位试验垫层底的土压力分布测试与结果分析得出：加筋薄垫层（Z/B=0.2）地基垫层底土压力分布是不均匀的,应力集中于基础的边缘,基础中心下应力较小。加筋地基强度和变形与加筋参数有关,通过引入应力扩散系数,分析不同加筋参数下加筋地基的应力扩散能力,研究筋土界面摩擦作用的应力扩散加筋机理,结合工程实际提出太原地区应力设计扩散角取值范围,为加筋地基的设计提供理论依据。     

Effect of reinforcement form on the bearing capacity of square footings on sand

This paper presents the results of laboratory model loading tests and numerical studies carried out on square footings supported on geosynthetic reinforced sand beds. The relative performance of different forms of geosynthetic reinforcement (i.e. geocell, planar layers and randomly distributed mesh elements) in foundation beds is compared; using same quantity of reinforcement in each test. A biaxial geogrid and a geonet are used for reinforcing the sand beds. Geonet is used in two forms of reinforcement, viz. planar layers and geocell, while the biaxial geogrid was used in three forms of reinforcement, viz. planar layers, geocell and randomly distributed mesh elements. Laboratory load tests on unreinforced and reinforced footings are simulated in a numerical model and the results are analyzed to understand the distribution of displacements and stresses below the footing better. Both the experimental and numerical studies demonstrated that the geocell is the most advantageous form of soil reinforcement technique of those investigated, provided there is no rupture of the material during loading. Geogrid used in the form of randomly distributed mesh elements is found to be inferior to the other two forms. Some significant observations on the difference in reinforcement mechanism for different forms of reinforcement are presented in this paper.     

Experimental and numerical investigation of the uplift capacity of plate anchors in geocell-reinforced sand

Plate anchors are frequently used to provide resistance against uplift forces. This paper describes the reinforcing effects of a geocell-reinforced soil layer on uplift behavior of anchor plates. The uplift tests were conducted in a test pit at near full-scale on anchor plates with widths between 150 and 300?mm with embedment depths of 1.5–3 times the anchor width for both unreinforced and geocell-reinforced backfill. A single geocell layer with pocket size 110?mm?×?110?mm and height 100?mm, fabricated from non-perforated and nonwoven geotextile, was used. The results show that the peak and residual uplift capacities of anchor models were highest when the geocell layer over the anchor was used, but with increasing anchor size and embedment depth, the benefit of the geocell reinforcement deceases. Peak loads between 130% and 155% of unreinforced conditions were observed when geocell reinforcement was present. Residual loading increased from 75% to 225% that of the unreinforced scenario. The reinforced anchor system could undergo larger upward displacements before peak loading occurred. These improvements may be attributed to the geocell reinforcement distributing stress to a wider area than the unreinforced case during uplift. The breakout factor increases with embedment depth and decreased with increasing anchor width for both unreinforced and reinforced conditions, the latter yielding larger breakout factors. Calibrated numerical modelling demonstrated favorable agreement with experimental observations, providing insight into detailed behavior of the system. For example, surface heave decreased by over 80% when geocell was present because of a much more efficient stress distribution imparted by the presence of the geocell layer.     

Use of cellular confinement for improved railway performance on soft subgrades

Due to extensive right-of-way, railroads are inevitably subject to poor subgrade conditions and interrupted service for significant maintenance due to excessive deformations and loss of track geometry. Geocell confinement presents itself as a possible solution for improving performance of ballasted railroad embankments over weak subgrade. To investigate the efficacy of geocell confinement on ballasted railway embankments, a set of well-instrumented, large-scale cyclic plate loading tests and numerical simulations were performed on geocell-confined ballast overlaying a weak subgrade material. The agreement of results from tests and simulations served as a basis for simulating practical track geometry and performance for various geocell configurations and subgrades using three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) analyses. The study showed that geocell reinforcement significantly decreased track settlement, decreased subgrade deformations with lower and uniform distribution of vertical stresses on subgrade and inhibited lateral deformation and serviceability under cyclic loading. These results demonstrate that geocell confinement can be an effective alternative to subsurface improvement or shorter maintenance cycles, particularly on weak subgrades.