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Primary and secondary consolidation compression for saturated soil considering coupling effect of loading and heating

热力耦合作用下饱和土的主次固结压缩

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Geotechnical engineering that relates to the energy and environmental problem is receiving more and more attention worldwide. It is of great theoretical and practical value to study the properties of soil under thermal mechanical coupling and its mathematical description. Firstly, based on the general function, a unified primary and secondary consolidation model of saturated soil considering heating temperature is deduced. Combining the existing research achievements, a practical model is obtained which comprehensively reflects the effective stress change, creep and heating effects. After that, a series of thermo-consolidation tests are carried out using a temperature controlled consolidation instrument to study the effects of effective stress, temperature and consolidation duration on saturated soils. The corresponding functional formulas and parameters are obtained thusly. On this basis, the calculation and analysis are carried out to check the reliability and applicability of the newly proposed model. The new model is simple and practical and the parameters are easy to be obtained. And it describes the main law of consolidation compression of saturated soils under the thermal mechanical coupling effect. Therefore, it is suggested for theoretical analysis of thermal geotechnical engineering problems.

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能源与环境岩土工程当前受到越来越多的重视,研究热力耦合作用下土体力学特性及其数学描 述具有重要的理论与实际价值。基于土体孔隙比-有效应力-温度-时间之间的泛函关系,推导了热力耦 合作用饱和土的主次固结压缩统一模型。结合已有研究基础对其进行简化,得到能综合反映有效应力 变化、蠕变以及加热影响的实用模型。使用温控固结仪进行一系列热力耦合的固结压缩试验,研究竖 向压力、温度、压缩时间等对饱和土固结压缩的影响,得到相应的数学描述及其参数取值。在此基础 上开展计算与分析,检验模型的可靠性与适用性。新模型简单实用,参数容易获得,且能较好地描述 热力耦合作用下饱和土体固结压缩的主要规律,因此可供涉热岩土工程问题理论分析时参考。

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    Yue-bao Deng  (邓岳保), Wei-yun Mao  (毛伟赟) & Yi-dong Han  (韩逸冬)

  2. Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China

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DENG Yue-bao developed the overarching research goals, established the mechanical model and edited the manuscript draft. MAO Wei-yun carried out the soil element tests and analyzed the measured data. KONG Gang-qiang revised the draft manuscript and suggested amendments. HAN Yi-dong edited and typeset the manuscript.

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DENG Yue-bao, MAO Wei-yun, KONG Gang-qiang, and HAN Yi-dong declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Foundation item: Project(51608281) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(LGG21E080005) supported by the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China

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Deng, Yb., Mao, Wy., Kong, Gq. et al. Primary and secondary consolidation compression for saturated soil considering coupling effect of loading and heating. J. Cent. South Univ. 28, 2514–2526 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-021-4783-x

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