Journal
ROAD MATERIALS AND PAVEMENT DESIGN
Volume 23, Issue 5, Pages 1061-1090Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14680629.2020.1869583
Keywords
Frozen soil; path-dependent; mechanical behaviours; strength criterion
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- CAS Key Technology Talent Program
- CAS Western Young Scholars project
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This paper systematically investigates the mechanical behaviors of frozen subgrade soil under different stress paths, finding that stress paths significantly affect the mechanical properties of frozen soil. A new nonlinear strength criterion is proposed to predict the experimental strength surface, effectively describing the multiaxial failure characteristics of frozen soil.
This paper presents a systematical investigation on the mechanical behaviours of frozen subgrade soil under various stress paths. A series of triaxial compression tests under six typical linear stress paths were conducted on artificially saturated frozen samples at a temperature of -6.0 degrees C by using triaxial low-temperature apparatus (MTS-810). The effects of stress path on mechanical behaviours such as stress-strain (axial and volumetric strain) relationship, failure strength surface, initial stiffness, cohesion and friction angle of frozen sample were analysed and discussed, respectively. The experimental results show that the evolution law of volumetric strain, equivalent cohesion, friction angle and initial stiffness are significantly affected by the stress paths. The plastic deformation stages in stress-strain curves are influenced by the stress paths. The shape and size of experimental failure surface for frozen soil in deviator-mean stress space is not sensitive to the stress paths, but the mean stress at the peak point decreases with the increase of loading angle. Finally, a new nonlinear strength criterion, considering the stress path effect and 'three stage' distribution characteristics, is proposed to predict the experimental strength surface of frozen subgrade soil. This failure criterion is capable of giving a good description for the multiaxial failure characteristics of frozen soil in a wide range of loading angles.
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