<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In order to properly understand the effect of freezing-thawing circle (FTC) to mechanical behavior of costal soft soil (CSS), unconfined compressive test is conducted. Six kind FTC times are designed from zero to five. The tested data show that: (1) unconfined compressive strength of CCS decreases nonlinearly with more FTC, and the strength after five FTC times becomes about 22% of its original strength without any freezing-thawing experience; (2) stress-strain curves of all unconfined compressive samples can be well fitted by three-parameter hyperbolic model; (3) and relationship between two parameters and FTC times can be fitted by exponent function, while another parameter can be considered as 0.95. Consequently, one composite hyperbolic- exponent empirical formula is established in order to describe freezing-thawing-dependent stress-strain behavior of CSS. Finally, good agreements have been found between tested data and simulated results.</p></abstract>

In order to properly understand the effect of freezing-thawing circle (FTC) to mechanical behavior of costal soft soil (CSS), unconfined compressive test is conducted. Six kind FTC times are designed from zero to five. The tested data show that: (1) unconfined compressive strength of CCS decreases nonlinearly with more FTC, and the strength after five FTC times becomes about 22% of its original strength without any freezing-thawing experience; (2) stress-strain curves of all unconfined compressive samples can be well fitted by three-parameter hyperbolic model; (3) and relationship between two parameters and FTC times can be fitted by exponent function, while another parameter can be considered as 0.95. Consequently, one composite hyperbolic- exponent empirical formula is established in order to describe freezing-thawing-dependent stress-strain behavior of CSS. Finally, good agreements have been found between tested data and simulated results.

Experimental and Mathematical Investigations on Unconfined Compressive Behaviour of Costal Soft Soil under Complicated Freezing Processes

School of Civil Engineering Shaoxing University Shaoxing,

School of Civil Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing,

School of architectural and Civil Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang,

Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne University, Victoria,

Polish Maritime Research

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In order to properly understand the effect of freezing-thawing circle (FTC) to mechanical behavior of costal soft soil (CSS), unconfined compressive test is...

Experimental and Mathematical Investigations on Unconfined Compressive Behaviour of Costal Soft Soil under Complicated Freezing Processes

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Jan. 2017

Seitenbereich: 112 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2016-0077

Schlüsselwörter
costal soft soil, stress-strain curve model, unconfined compressive behavior, freezing-thawing circle

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Experimental and Mathematical Investigations on Unconfined Compressive Behaviour of Costal Soft Soil under Complicated Freezing Processes

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Jan. 2017

Seitenbereich: 112 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2016-0077

Schlüsselwörtercostal soft soil, stress-strain curve model, unconfined compressive behavior, freezing-thawing circle

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
costal soft soil, stress-strain curve model, unconfined compressive behavior, freezing-thawing circle