Experimental Study on Thermal Effect of Shear Strength of Cohesive Soil

Abstract:

The paper mainly studies the influence rules of temperature (10°C~60°C) and curing time on shear strength indexes of cohesive soil, such as cohesion and internal friction angle, which are very significant in civil engineering works as the temperature of the earth’s surface increases. Such influence plays an even more important role in the design of the ground source heat pump and the geological disposal of high-level radioactive wastes. In this paper, the triaxial unconsolidated-undrained tests on unsaturated cohesive soil samples have recently been performed. And the testing results show that the shear strength increase as temperature and curing time increase, which is a phenomenon that needs further researches. The cementation get reinforced and the change of the content of closed air caused by the temperature curing may be the key factors.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 548-549)
• Pages: 561-566
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.548-549.561
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Dong Zhou*, Chen Hui Liu, Bao Guo, Guan Yong Yue
• Keywords: Cohesive Soil, Shear Strength, Thermal Effect, Time

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