CONSOLIDATION HEORY OF UNSATURATED SOIL BASED ON THE THEORY OF MIXTURE(Ⅰ)

Unsaturated soil is a three-phase media and is composed of soil grain, water and gas. In this paper, the consolidation problem of unsaturated soil is investigated based on the theory of mixture. A theoretical formula of effective stress on anisotropic porous media and unsaturated soil is derived. The principle of effective stress and the principle of Curie symmetry are taken as two fundamental constitutive principles of unsaturated soil. A mathematical model of consolidation of unsaturated soil is proposed, which consists of 25 partial differenfial equations with 25 unknowns. With the help of increament linearizing method, the model is reduced to 5 governing equations with 5 unknowns, i.e., the three displacement components of solid phase, the pore water pressure and the pore gas pressure. 7 material parameters are involved in the model and all of them can he measured using soil tests. It is convenient to use the model to engineering practice. The well known Biot’s theory is a special case of the model.     

CONSOLIDATION THEORY OF UNSATURATED SOIL BASED ON THE THEORY OF MIXTURE(Ⅱ)

The present paper uses the mathematics model for consolidation of unsaturatedsoil developed in ref.[1]to solve boundary value problems.The analytical solutionsfor one-dimensional consolidation problem are gained by making use of Laplacetransform and finite Fourier transform.The displacement and the pore water pressureas well as the pore gas pressure are found from governing equations simultaneously.The theoretical formulae of coefficient and degree of consolidation are also given inthe paper.With the help of the method of Galerkin Weighted Residuals,the finiteelement equations for two-dimensional consolidation problem are derived.A FORTRANprogram named CSU8 using8-node isoparameter element is designed.A plane strainconsolidation problem is solved using the program,and some distinguishing features onconsolidation of unsaturated soil and certain peculiarities on numerical analysis arerevealed.These achievements make it convenient to apply the theory proposed by theauthor in engineering practice.     

Analytical solution to one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soils

This paper presents an analytical solution of the one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soil with a finite thickness under vertical loading and confinements in the lateral directions. The boundary contains the top surface permeable to water and air and the bottom impermeable to water and air. The analytical solution is for Fredlund＇s one-dimensional consolidation equation in unsaturated soils. The transfer relationship between the state vectors at top surface and any depth is obtained by using the Laplace transform and Cayley-Hamilton mathematical methods to the governing equations of water and air, Darcy＇s law and Fick＇s law. Excess pore-air pressure, excess pore-water pressure and settlement in the Laplace-transformed domain are obtained by using the Laplace transform with the initial conditions and boundary conditions. By performing inverse Laplace transforms, the analytical solutions are obtained in the time domain. A typical example illustrates the consolidation characteristics of unsaturated soil from an- alytical results. Finally, comparisons between the analytical solutions and results of the finite difference method indicate that the analytical solution is correct.     

STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MODEL OF UNSATURATED EXPANSIVE SOIL AND ITS APPLICATION IN MULTI-FIELD COUPLE ANALYSIS ON EXPANSIVE SOIL SLOPE

Focused on the sensitivity to climate change and the special mechanical characteristics of undisturbed expansive soil, an elastc-plastic damage constitutive model was proposed based on the mechanics of unsaturated soil and the mechanics of damage. Undisturbed expansive soil was considered as a compound of non-damaged part and damaged part. The behavior of the non-damaged part was described using non-linear constitutive model of unsaturated soil. The property of the damaged part was described using a damage evolution equation and two yield surfaces, i.e., loading yield (LY) and shear yield (SY). Furthermore, a consolidation model for unsaturated undisturbed expansive soil was established and a FEM program named UESEPDC was designed. Numerical analysis on solid-liquid-gas tri-phases and multi-field couple problem was conducted for four stages and fields of stress, displacement, pore water pressure, pore air pressure, water content, suction, and the damage region as well as plastic region in an expansive soil slope were obtained.     

CONSTITUTIVE RELATION OF UNSATURATED SOIL BY USE OF THE MIXTURE THEORY (Ⅱ)-LINEAR CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS AND FIELD EQUATIONS

The linear constitutive equations and field equations of unsaturated soils were obtained through linearizing the nonlinear equations given in the first part of this work. The linear equations were expressed in the forms similar to Biot’s equations for saturated porous media. The Darcy’s laws of unsaturated soil were proved. It is shown that Biot’s equations of saturated porous media are the simplification of the theory. All these illustrate that constructing constitutive relation of unsaturated soil on the base of mixture theory is rational.     

Semi-analytical solution to one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soils

In this paper, a series of semi-analytical solutions to one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soils are obtained. The air governing equation by Fredlund for unsaturated soils consolidation is simplified. By applying the Laplace transform and the Cayley-Hamilton theorem to the simplified governing equations of water and air, Darcy＇s law, and Fick＇s law, the transfer function between the state vectors at top and at any depth is then constructed. Finally, by the boundary conditions, the excess pore-water pressure, the excess pore-air pressure, and the soil settlement are obtained under several kinds of boundary conditions with the large-area uniform instantaneous loading. By the Crump method, the inverse Laplace transform is performed, and the semi-analytical solutions to the excess pore-water pressure, the excess pore-air pressure, and the soils settlement are obtained in the time domain. In the case of one surface which is permeable to air and water, comparisons between the semi-analytical solutions and the analytical solutions indicate that the semi-analytical solutions are correct. In the case of one surface which is permeable to air but impermeable to water, comparisons between the semi-analytical solutions and the results of the finite difference method are made, indicating that the semi-analytical solution is also correct.     

A micropolar mixture theory of multi-component porous media

A mixture theory is developed for multi-component micropolar porous media with a combination of the hybrid mixture theory and the micropolar continuum theory. The system is modeled as multi-component micropolar elastic solids saturated with multi- component micropolar viscous fluids. Balance equations are given through the mixture theory. Constitutive equations are developed based on the second law of thermodynamics and constitutive assumptions. Taking account of compressibility of solid phases, the volume fraction of fluid as an independent state variable is introduced in the free energy function, and the dynamic compatibility condition is obtained to restrict the change of pressure difference on the solid-fluid interface. The constructed constitutive equations are used to close the field equations. The linear field equations are obtained using a linearization procedure, and the micropolar thermo-hydro-mechanical component transport model is established. This model can be applied to practical problems, such as contaminant, drug, and pesticide transport. When the proposed model is supposed to be porous media, and both fluid and solid are single-component, it will almost agree with Eringen＇s model.     

Structural bonding-breakage constitutive model for natural unsaturated clayey soils

The natural clayey soils are usually structural and unsaturated,which makes their mechanical properties quite different from the remolded saturated soils.A structural constitutive model is proposed to simulate the bonding-breakage micro-mechanism.In this model,the unsaturated soil element is divided into a cementation element and a friction element according to the binary medium theory,and the stress-strain coordination for these two elements is obtained. The cementation element is regarded as elastic,whereas the friction element is regarded as elastoplastic which can be described with the Gallipoli＇s model.The theoretical formulation is verified with the comparative experiments of isotropic compressions on the saturated and unsaturated structural soils.Parametric analyses of the effects of damage variables on the model predictions are further carried out,which show that breakage deformation of natural clayey soils increases with the rising amount of initial defects.     

Finite element analysis for consolidation in interaction between structure and saturated soil foundation

The consolidation analysis of interaction between structure and saturated soil foundation is discussed. With the use of substructure technique, the structure is condensed onto the interface of the soil, and then the consolidation governing equations to describe the interaction between soil and structure are derived, The solution with non-iterative algorithm is proposed in this paper. The pressure Master-Slave relation method is used to deal with the non-permeability conditions on soil boundaries. A numerical example is illustrated. Based on this paper, the interactive consolidation analysis between large structure and soil has been more practical.     

Analysis of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils based on theory of mixtures I

This paper analyzes a coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils based on the theory of mixtures. Unsaturated soil is considered as a mixture composed of soil skeleton, liquid water, vapor, dry air, and dissolved air. In addition to the mass and momentum conservation equations of each component and the energy conservation equation of the mixture, the system is closed using other 37 constitutive （or restriction） equations. As the change in water chemical potential is identical to the change in vapor chemical potential, a thermodynamic restriction relationship for the phase transition between pore water and pore vapor is formulated, in which the impact of the change in gas pressure on the phase transition is taken into account. Six final govern- ing equations are given in incremental form in terms of six primary variables, i.e., three displacement components of soil skeleton, water pressure, gas pressure, and temperature. The processes involved in the coupled model include thermal expansions of soil skeleton and soil particle, Soret effect, phase transition between water and vapor, air dissolution in pore water, and deformation of soil skeleton.     

条形荷载下梯度非均匀非饱和土的动力响应分析

基于多孔介质混合物理论, 建立了梯度非均匀非饱和土地基模型, 研究了条形荷载作用下梯度非均匀非饱和土地基的动力响应问题. 通过傅里叶积分变换和Helmholtz矢量分解原理, 获得频域内非饱和土地基动力响应问题的通解, 结合回传射线矩阵法和边界条件, 求解获得了非均匀非饱和土层中位移、应力以及孔隙压力的计算列式. 假设沿深度方向梯度非均匀非饱和土的物理力学性质按幂函数连续变化, 通过数值傅里叶逆变换得到了非均匀非饱和土地基中的应力、位移以及孔隙压力等物理量的数值解, 分析讨论了土体非均匀性对非饱和土介质动力响应的影响规律. 结果表明: 土体非均匀性显著改变了非饱和土中竖向位移、正应力和孔隙压力在其深度方向上的振动模态, 其中孔隙气压在其深度方向的振动频率随着梯度因子的增加而不断增大, 波峰值不断靠近地表处附近; 竖向位移随着梯度因子的增大不断减小; 正应力和孔隙水压随着梯度因子的增大先增大后减小, 并且土体非均匀程度越高, 正应力与孔隙水压的幅值越大.      

非饱和土半空间Lamb问题及能量传输特性

地球表面绝大多数土层处于非饱和状态, 故采用传统饱和两相介质理论进行动力学分析时, 结果往往与实际情况不符. 针对这一问题, 本文以非饱和半空间作为研究对象, 基于连续介质力学和多孔介质理论, 考虑非饱和多孔介质中各相的质量守恒方程、动量守恒方程、本构方程以及有效应力原理等基本方程, 建立了以骨架位移、孔隙水压力和孔隙气压力为基本未知量的动力学控制方程. 针对非饱和半空间表面在竖向集中简谐荷载作用下的动力学响应及能量传输问题, 建立了频域内经典Lamb问题的轴对称计算模型, 采用Helmholtz分解法, 通过引入势函数Φ和Ψ表示骨架的位移分量, 结合本构方程获得了不同边界条件下半空间表面位移场和能量场等物理量的解析解答, 并通过数值算例对荷载参数(激振频率)、材料参数(饱和度、渗透系数)等影响因素进行了分析与讨论. 结果表明: (1)饱和度的升高或者激振频率下降, 都会提高非饱和半空间的表面位移幅值; (2)当渗透系数下降至一临界值时, 地表位移幅值会趋于一极限值, 并且透水(气)边界与不透水(气)边界条件下渗透系数的影响表现出明显的差异性.      

不同排水条件下非饱和土中柱孔扩张问题的解析分析

现有的圆柱孔扩张理论已可为诸如石油工程中井筒稳定性鉴定、 及旁压和圆锥贯入实验分析等提供理论依据, 但在非饱和地基压力注浆, 复合地基处理等实际工程问题中却鲜有应用. 基于弹塑性理论和非饱和土力学原理, 采用统一强度理论, 对非饱和土中柱形小孔扩张问题进行了解析研究. 首先将柱孔周围土体分为弹性区和塑性区, 并考虑在弹性区遵循小应变理论, 在塑性区遵循大应变理论, 同时考虑了中间主应力及粒间吸力对非饱和土体强度的影响. 其次应用有效应力表示的统一强度准则, 在本构关系、几何方程、动量平衡方程等基本方程的基础上, 结合相应的边界条件, 最终获得了不同排水条件下柱孔扩张时周围弹塑性区域内的应力场、应变场、位移场及极限扩孔压力的解析表达式. 通过数值算例和参数分析, 在与现有的饱和及非饱和土中柱孔扩张理论进行退化验证的同时, 分析了吸力、剪胀参数、中主应力效应参数及初始径向有效应力等对弹塑性区域内的应力场、应变场及位移场的影响规律, 验证了本文理论的正确性及有效性, 以期为实际工程问题提供合理的理论依据.      

循环荷载作用下饱和粘土中的有效应力原理的实验研究

有效应力原理是土力学中的经典理论,在土动力学中,有效应力原理的应用基本上是沿用土静力学中的方法,即通过建立合理的孔压模式,利用有效应力原理对土体的破坏进行分析。但是通过动三轴试验发现,在动三轴不固结不排水试验中,整个试验过程中孔压不发生变化,土体强度却发生了明显的衰减。这种现象利用有效应力原理无法得到合理的解释。针对这种现象,本文建议引入损伤变量D,作为反映土体结构变化的参数,对有效应力原理进行修正。经过修正后的有效应力原理反映了在循环荷载作用下,循环扰动造成的结构损伤对有效应力的影响,可以合理地解释动力作用下土体中孔压和有效应力相互转换,以及土体强度衰减的原因。     

非饱和土力学理论的研究进展

回顾了非饱和土有效应力的发展,目前普遍认同采用两个应力变量来建立本构模型,且对基质吸力中毛细和粘吸两部分作用进行了阐述。分析了非饱和土强度问题,包括抗剪强度和抗拉强度。讨论了非饱和土的本构模型问题,包括基于净应力和基质吸力的弹塑性模型,基于Bishop有效应力和基质吸力的水力力学耦合弹塑性模型,以及双孔隙结构的模型。最后探讨了热力学方法和多孔介质理论在非饱和土中的应用,基于多孔介质理论在多场耦合条件下土体复杂的行为是当前值得研究的问题。     

非饱和土-隧道系统动力响应计算的波函数法

针对非饱和地基土中埋置隧道的三维动力响应计算问题, 提出了波函数法.采用无限长的Flügge薄壁圆柱壳模拟圆形隧道衬砌,采用流、固、气组成的三相介质模拟非饱和地基土体.分别采用分离变量法以及Helmholtz矢量分解定理求解薄壁圆柱壳的振动控制方程与非饱和土的波动方程.根据隧-土交界面与地表面处的应力、位移以及孔隙流体压力等边界条件,利用平面波与柱面波的转换性质,实现了隧道内作用单位简谐载荷时隧道衬砌与土体系统动力响应的耦合求解.通过与既有单相弹性介质2.5维有限元-边界元法、两相饱和多孔介质2.5维有限元-边界元法以及三相非饱和介质Pip in Pip半解析法的计算结果进行对比, 验证了本文计算方法的可靠性. 最后,基于该方法, 通过算例分析了不同饱和度下非饱和土-隧道系统的动力响应特征.结果表明, 饱和度对土体动位移与超孔隙水压力的幅值响应有较大影响.该方法的非饱和地基土参数退化后,也可用来计算和分析饱和地基土或单相弹性地基土与隧道系统的动力响应.