SUN Qian,YAN Changhong,LIU Yang.Study on the Microstructure of the Remolded Soil under Unconfined Compression[J].Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering,2022,42(03):571-578.
SUN Qian,YAN Changhong,LIU Yang.Study on the Microstructure of the Remolded Soil under Unconfined Compression[J].Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering,2022,42(03):571-578. DOI: 10.13409/j.cnki.jdpme.20201125005.
Study on the Microstructure of the Remolded Soil under Unconfined Compression
In recent years, the unloading of excavation engineering activities such as foundation pits and tunnels, has caused the structural failure of soft soil and consequently results in numerous engineering accidents related to the excessive lateral deformation. Various soil deformation and strength characteristics are the comprehensive reflections of its internal microstructure elements adjustment and evolution. In order to study the microstructure characteristics of disturbed soft soil subjected to unconfined compression deformation, the undisturbed soft soil was remolded into soil samples with different moisture contents in this paper. Unconfined compression tests were carried out on these samples under different axial stresses. The qualitative and quantitative analyses of soil microstructure were adopted when the unconfined deformation was stable. The relevant mechanism of soil microstructure and macro unconfined deformation was then discussed. The results show that the remolded soft soil was mainly composed of dispersion and flocculation structures, and there were many overhead structures between the units. The soil particles were contacted with each other mostly in the form of edge-surface and surface-surface contact. With the increase of axial stress and moisture content of soil samples under unconfined compression, the apparent void ratio decreased, the shape of pores became flat and narrow, and both the order and orientation of the pores were enhanced. The orientation characteristics of soil samples varied at different positions: in the horizontal direction, the soil particles near the sample edge were more directional and ordered; in the vertical direction, the soil particles near the middle part were more directional.
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