Effects of land use patterns on soil aggregate stability in Sichuan Basin, China

Soil aggregate stability as a key indicator of soil structure, is a product of interactions between soil environment, management practices, and land use patterns. The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of various land use patterns on soil aggregate stability in Sichuan Basin of southwestern China. The dry- and water-stable aggregate size distributions were determined by manual dry sieving procedure and Yoder's wet sieving procedure, respectively, while microaggregates and its mechanical and chemical stabilities by Kachisky's method, oscillator method, and citrate-dithionate (C-D) reagent method, separately. The results indicated that fractal dimension and surface fractal dimension were useful indicators to reflect soil aggregate distribution. Land use patterns have an obvious influence on soil aggregate stability. In the study area, water stability, mechanical stability, and chemical stability followed the sequence, Barren landforestlandorchardcropland, and the original stability and collapse velocity were sensitive to soil properties and soil structure. The difference of aggregate stability under different land use patterns is mainly due to the intensity of human disturbance and cultivation. Improper land use patterns will lead to breakdown of unstable aggregates, producing finer and more-easily transportable particles and microaggregates. In the future, inappropriate cultivation and land use patterns should be changed to protect soil structure, to improve soil aggregate stability and soil fertility in Sichuan Basin.     

Effects of land use patterns on soil aggregate stability in Sichuan Basin, China

Soil aggregate stability as a key indicator of soil structure, is a product of interactions between soil environment, management practices, and land use patterns. The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of various land use patterns on soil aggregate stability in Sichuan Basin of southwestern China. The dry- and water-stable aggregate size distributions were determined by manual dry sieving procedure and Yoder＇s wet sieving procedure, respectively, while microaggregates and its mechanical and chemical stabilities by Kachisky＇s method, oscillator method, and citrate-dithionate （C-D） reagent method, separately. The results indicated that fractal dimension and surface fractal dimension were useful indicators to reflect soil aggregate distribution. Land use patterns have an obvious influence on soil aggregate stability. In the study area, water stability, mechanical stability, and chemical stability followed the sequence, Barren land 〉 forestland 〉 orchard 〉 cropland, and the original stability and collapse velocity were sensitive to soil properties and soil structure. The difference of aggregate stability under different land use patterns is mainly due to the intensity of human disturbance and cultivation. Improper land use patterns will lead to breakdown of unstable aggregates, producing finer and more-easily transportable particles and microaggregates. In the future, inappropriate cultivation and land use patterns should be changed to protect soil structure, to improve soil aggregate stability and soil fertility in Sichuan Basin.     

Dynamic modeling of soil–tool interaction: An overview from a fluid flow perspective

The study of tillage tool interaction centers on soil failure patterns and development of force prediction models for design optimization. The force-deformation relationships used in models developed to date have been considering soil as a rigid solid or elasto-plastic medium. Most of the models are based on quasi-static soil failure patterns. In recent years, efforts have been made to improve the conventional analytical and experimental models by numerical approaches. This paper aims at reviewing the existing methods of tillage tool modeling and exploring the use of computational fluid dynamics to deal with unresolved aspects of soil dynamics in tillage. The discussion also focuses on soil rheological behaviour for its visco-plastic nature and its mass deformation due to machine interaction which may be analyzed as a Bingham plastic material using a fluid flow approach. Preliminary results on visco-plastic soil deformation patterns and failure front advancement are very encouraging. For a tool operating speed of 5.5 m s⁻¹, the soil failure front was observed to be about 100-mm forward of the tool.     

Numerical simulation of soil–water interaction using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method

An application of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) to simulation of soil–water interaction is presented. In this calculation, water is modeled as a viscous fluid with week compressibility and soil is modeled as an elastic–perfectly plastic material. The Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion is applied to describe the stress states of soil in the plastic flow regime. Dry soil is modeled by one-phase flow while saturated soil is modeled by separate water and soil phases. Interaction between soil and water is taken into account by means of pore water pressure and seepage force. Simulation tests of soil excavation by a water jet are calculated as a challenging example to verify the broad applicability of the SPH method. The excavations are carried out in two different soil models, one is dry soil and the other is fully saturated soil. Numerical results obtained in this paper have shown that the gross discontinuities of soil failure can be simulated without any difficulties. This supports the feasibility and attractiveness of this a new approach in geomechanics applications. Advantages of the method are robustness, conceptual simplicity and relative ease of incorporating new physics.     

Prediction of clay soil compaction

Field measurements were made of soil density and moisture patterns under different vehicle tire paths with varying external pressures and number of passes. In addition, laboratory index tests were performed to determine the compaction behaviour of the same soil. Using these results, a prediction equation of dry density in terms of applied pressure and moisture content was obtained for the clay soil. A previously developed equation for sandy soil was modified for the complete range of moisture contents encountered. Estimation of shear strength for the clay soil was made using plastic and liquid limits.     

A plasticity theory without drucker's postulate,suitable for granular materials

A plasticity theory is introduced which starts with a dilatancy rule and a function of plastic strain rates which represents the energy dissipated during plastic deformation. Yield surfaces and flow rules are then derived using energy conservation and the theory of envelopes. This method allows valid plasticity theories to be derived for frictional materials, but gives results for non-frictional materials which are identical to those of the classical theories.A dissipation function which includes deformation by granule rearrangement and granule distortion is presented and used to obtain a range of yield surfaces and flow rules, which are similar to those used in the critical state theory of soil mechanics. The microstructural features which may control the governing parameters of the dissipation functions are discussed.     

考虑土体损伤的挤土效应计算探讨

摘 要：圆孔扩张理论应用于静压桩沉桩、搅拌桩成桩过程周围土体的应力和变形分析,取得了一定的成果,但其理论分析结果和实验结果仍存在一定的偏差,主要原因在于理论推导时未考虑桩周一定范围内的土体受施工因素影响而产生的损伤。为更有效地发挥圆孔扩张理论在指导桩基施工中的作用,本文通过构造桩周土体粘聚力变化的表达式来考虑施工造成的土体损伤,基于连续介质力学的原理,依据边界条件确定了表达式中的土体损伤因子,得到了能够反映造成土体损伤主要因素的土体粘聚力变化表达式。基于圆孔扩张理论,并引入土体损伤因子,通过平衡微分方程的迭代计算,分析了成桩过程中的土体塑性区半径及应力分布,发现考虑土体损伤时,塑性区范围相对较大且应力的变化会相对较缓。通过不考虑损伤和考虑损伤的分析结果与既有理论的计算结果对比分析,表明本文提出的考虑土体损伤的分析方法简单合理,为精细化分析桩基施工对地基的影响提供了新方法。     

An elastoplastic homogenization procedure for predicting the settlement of a foundation on a soil reinforced by columns

This paper presents an elastoplastic homogenization method applied to a soil reinforced by regularly distributed columns. According to this method, the composite reinforced soil is regarded, from a macroscopic point of view, as a homogeneous anisotropic continuous medium, the elastic as well as plastic properties of which can be obtained from the solution to an auxiliary problem attached to the reinforced soil representative cell. Based upon an approximate solution to this problem, in which piecewise constant stress fields are used, the homogenized behavior of the reinforced soil subject to vertical oedometric conditions is investigated. A first application to the evaluation of the settlement of a reinforced soil foundation is then presented, taking into account the initial stress field generated by the reinforced soil own weight. A particular emphasis is put on the situation of a purely cohesive soft clay reinforced by purely frictional inclusions (“stone column” reinforcement technique), for which a simplified calculation procedure, in which the soil remains elastic, is proposed, leading to an analytical closed-form expression for the load–settlement curve.     

膨胀土路堤的化学改性试验研究

膨胀土是一种具有特殊工程性质的土,它对土木工程有着巨大的影响和危害。本文针对公路膨胀土路堤填料改良提出的PAS化学改性剂包边处理新方法,对其改性原理及其特殊的施工工艺做了详细介绍,并通过多项试验研究了改良前后膨胀土胀缩性、强度特性等方面的变化。研究表明,PAS生态改性处理膨胀土是一种有效的方法,经处理后的膨胀土胀缩性显著降低,强度和水稳定性得到大幅提高。且PAS不会改变原土壤植被育培能力,改性边坡可以结合植物固坡的方法进行生态防护。PAS改性处理与远距离运土路基填料置换相比,具有很大经济优势,特别是在高塑性膨胀土大量分布的地区,PAS改性剂处理膨胀土路基具有很好的推广价值。     

Sinkage tests for mobility study, modelling and experimental validation

The sinkage of the bearing tracks or wheels of a vehicle in soil induces a resistance to travel motion. Usually it is determined with methods based on the modelling of soil pressure-sinkage curves. This article presents a new method for modelling soil penetration tests as a result of experimental study of three standard soils. These soils have been chosen to represent the mechanical properties of a range of soils: a sand for frictional soils, a silt for cohesive soils and a silty sand for cohesive frictional soils. The models take into account the mechanical behaviour of soils where a small vertical sinkage can be assumed analogous to elastic behaviour, while for large sinkage, the analogy is with plastic behaviour. A New Model of Mobility (N2M) is proposed. A new equation relating the pressure p and the sinkage z is governed by four parameters which are constant for a specific soil in a given physical state. These parameters can be calculated with two sinkage tests made with two different plate diameters and are particularly stable: a small change of one of them involves a small change of the modelling. They are independent of the size of the sinkage plate and hence could pave the way for the extrapolation to the scale of full size vehicles. For the tested soils, comparison of the model results with experimental tests is very promising.     

超载下桩锚支护基坑安全系数的计算分析

假设桩锚支护下基坑土体塑性变形破坏机构以及满足边界条件的合理机 动场,而不是传统方法中那样将土体离散为许多相对运动的刚性块. 运用土塑性力学中 极限分析法的上限定理从能量功率角度探讨了超载下桩锚支护基坑竖直边坡安全系数的计算 方法. 并以一工程为例,用FLAC数值分析软件的模拟结果对该方法进行了验证.     

Dynamic strain measurement with the interferometric strain gage

The interferometric strain gage has a short gage length, high-frequency response and the capability of measuring large plastic strains. Furthermore, the gage is easily ruled directly onto the specimen, and no mechanical or electrical contact needs to be made during the measurement. These features make the interferometric strain gage particularly suitable for dynamic plastic-strain measurement. In this paper, the details of an experimental setup for generating and measuring dynamic plastic strain are given. The photometric techniques of measuring the fringe motion of the interference patterns are describle as well as the data-reduction procedure. A typical result is presented, and the validity of the method is established.     

膨胀土判别与分类的Bayes判别分析法

基于Bayes判别分析法以建立膨胀土判别与胀缩等级分类的Bayes判别分析模型. 模型 选用液限,胀缩总率,塑性指数,天然含水率,自由膨胀率等5个指标作为判别因子;将膨 胀土的胀缩性分为极强、强、中、弱4个等级并作为Bayes判别分析的4个正态总体;以训 练样本建立Bayes线性判别函数,以该函数计算待判样品的Bayes判别函数值,以最大值对 应的总体作为样品的归属;以刀切法对判别准则进行评价. 研究表明,该模型以刀切法计算 的误判率为13.3%.     

Lode角对应力张量的导数的基本性质

为计及岩土类材料塑性力学行为的中主应力影响或应力路径相关性,通常将应力张量Lode角/Lode数引入屈服函数与塑性势函数。由此在计算塑性应变增量时必然涉及Lode角/Lode数对应力的导数张量（记为 ）。然而,应力张量主值有重根时 的计算存在困难。本文给出了 的主值计算方法及谱分解表达式并详细讨论了张量 的基本性质。     

Experimental investigations of the interaction of shock waves in soils containing obstacles

A model of water-saturated soil as an ideal liquid has already been proposed [1], Experimental investigations of shock waves [2] have shown that for small stresses in water-saturated soil features of a solid plastic body begin to manifest themselves. As regards its properties the soil approximates to the model proposed in [3].The results of tests on the interaction of a plane shock wave in the soil with a moving obstacle are given below. As a development of papers [2,4, 5] an approximate solution is given for the problem of the interaction of waves with an obstacle. At high pressures the ground is regarded as nonlinearly elastic, and at low pressures as a plastic medium. A similar approach may be applied to water-saturated and nonsaturated soils when the wave is a shock wave. Experimental values of the parameters of motion of the obstacle are compared with the results of calculation.The authors are grateful to S. D. Mizyakin for participating in the tests.     

Finite elastoplastic deformation of an internally pressurized hollow sphere

This paper considers large elastoplastic deformations of an internally pressurized hollow sphere of dilatant soil. A complete analytical solution for the expansion of a hollow sphere is developed. The soil is modelled as an elastic-perfectly plastic material obeying the Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion. A non-associated plastic flow rule is used and therefore the dilation of the material is fully taken into account. Closed form solutions are obtained for the stresses and the elastic-plastic deformations of arbitrary magnitude when a hollow sphere of soil is subjected to constant external pressure and monotonically increasing internal pressure. A selection of numerical results is presented to indicate the effects of various key parameters     

Electron beam moiré

A method of writing very high frequency line and dot pattems, in excess of 10,000 lines/mm, is described. This method uses a very small diameter, 10 to 20 nm, beam of electrons to sensitize a 100-nm thick layer of electron resist. The line and dot patterns are produced by etching the sensitized resist. Moiré fringe patterns occur when the line arrays are observed in the scanning electron microscope. Moiré fringes with excellent contrast have been produced at magnifications as high as 1900x. This capability permits e-beam moiré to be employed in micromechanics. Examples of line arrays, dot arrays and moiré fringe patterns on a brass disk and on a tensile specimen fabricated from glass-fiber-reinforced plastic are demonstrated to introduce the possibilities for micromechanics applications.     

Prediction of soil structures produced by tillagePrédiction des structures du sol produites par labourageVoraussage der durch bodenbearbeitung erzeugten bodenstrukturen

A statistical method for describing the distribution of aggregates and voids within tilled soil is used as the basis for a prediction technique. Transforms of aggregate-void and void-void transition probabilities are used in such a way that factors can be defined which describe how the soil structure differs under a range of circumstances. A standard structure is defined for a given soil as that which is produced at the 5 cm depth by one pass of a set of tines working at 10 cm depth when tillage is done at a speed of 1.4 m/s in soil at a water content equal to the plastic limit and which has previously grown a cereal crop. Factors are defined which describe deviations from this standard structure as a function of depth in the tilled layer, implement type, previous use of the soil, number of implement passes, water content at time of tillage, and subsequent compaction of thettilled layer. Application of the inverse transform then enables estimates of the distributions of aggregates and voids in the tilled layer to be predicted for required, specified conditions.     

Prediction of soil structures produced by tillage

A statistical method for describing the distribution of aggregates and voids within tilled soil is used as the basis for a prediction technique. Transforms of aggregate-void and void-void transition probabilities are used in such a way that factors can be defined which describe how the soil structure differs under a range of circumstances. A standard structure is defined for a given soil as that which is produced at the 5 cm depth by one pass of a set of tines working at 10 cm depth when tillage is done at a speed of 1.4 m/s in soil at a water content equal to the plastic limit and which has previously grown a cereal crop. Factors are defined which describe deviations from this standard structure as a function of depth in the tilled layer, implement type, previous use of the soil, number of implement passes, water content at time of tillage, and subsequent compaction of thettilled layer. Application of the inverse transform then enables estimates of the distributions of aggregates and voids in the tilled layer to be predicted for required, specified conditions.     

基于多元线性回归分析的土坡有限元失稳判据定量研究

塑性区连通程度是有限单元法判别土坡是否达到极限状态的重要依据,鉴于此判据目前尚未取得统一,本文着重对均质土坡失稳判据进行了定量研究。在主要考虑对土坡稳定性影响较大的三大参数(黏聚力c、内摩擦角φ、坡比λ)的前提下,通过经典条分法选取了多组处于极限平衡状态的土坡参数组合,对这些参数组合进行有限元程序计算,求得极限平衡状态下土坡剪切带等效塑性应变中值连通率,再采用多元线性统计回归方法,得出塑性区中值连通率与土坡参数的关系公式y=0.020702c+0.024417φ-0.67898λ+0.46799,从而为土坡有限元稳定性分析提供了定量失稳判据,并且使得有限单元法与经典条分法计算成果具有一定的可比性。算例分析表明,利用本文判据公式得到的安全系数与Bishop法计算成果相吻合,从而验证了失稳判据公式的正确性。