Papers by Keyword: Liquefaction Characteristics

Abstract: On the basis of the dynamic triaxial liquefaction test of the loess samples which were taken from the Shibei tableland, Guyuan city, and evaluating the liquefaction potential of the loess through laboratory experiment and response analysis. Then the liquefaction characteristics of saturated undisturbed loess under different level of liquefaction are analyzed based on the evaluation results. The results are shown that: when the saturated undisturbed loess liquefaction is light, dynamic stress is decayed barely, weak dynamic residual deformation is generated, pore water pressure begins to grow, the dynamic stress dynamic strain stagnant curves have not marked change, and the deformation of the soil is at viscoelastic stage. When the loess liquefaction is middling, attenuation of dynamic stress is not obviously, dynamic strain is increasing, amount of pore water pressure much higher than stage one, the long axis slope of hysteresis curves is reduced significantly, the sizes and shapes difference of adjacent hysteresis loop is obvious, and the deformation of the soil is at viscoelastic-plastic stage. When the loess is liquefied completely, dynamic stress is decayed evidently, dynamic strain increased dramatically, and its crest value could exceed 10%, the peak value of pore water pressure is sustainable increasing, and emerge the apparent fluctuation under the action of a drastic dynamic strain, the form of the stagnant curves tend to be irregular, the loess is in elastic-plastic stage.

Abstract: The structural property is an important influence factor in loess liquefaction, which contains the interaction between the soil granules. According to study by Gao, the loess could be divided into three types as weak cemented loess, half cemented loess and cemented loess based on the grain composition, the consolidation and the weather conditions of the loess when it formed. In this paper, based on microstructure test and dynamic triaxial test of the loess from the Loess Plateau region, liquefaction properties of structural loess was analyzed. The results show that: (1) the structural strength of loess of weak cementing type, half cementing type and cementing type increases in order, and so does the liquefaction strength, (2) the change mechanism of different structural loess’s dynamic strain during liquefying is different, (3) the change of saturation loess’s pore water pressure during liquefying is related to the type of pore and the structural strength.