Experimental research on microscopic and macroscopic damage evolution of artificial frozen sandy gravel
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment(2024)
Abstract
Artificial frozen sandy gravel exhibits the characteristics of wide distribution of particle size and complex composition, which are quite distinct from frozen fine-grained soils such as clay and silt. It may be more accurate to use both macroscopic and microscopic scales to evaluate the damage of artificial frozen sandy gravel. Therefore, this paper proposes an investigation on the macro-plastic damage and micro-crack damage of artificial frozen sandy gravel through triaxial compression and X-ray CT scanning tests. The two types of damage are obtained from completely different macro-plastic and micro-crack damage theoretical calculation methods. It can be concluded that the evolution law of the two damages is similar, but the value is different. Moreover, the defined cross-scale modified damage which is fitted through the calculated macro-plastic damage and micro-crack damage is proposed. The fitting functions reveal the evolution law of frozen sandy gravel damage more accurate, which is beneficial to the safety of the artificial ground freezing project and provides a valuable reference for subsequent numerical simulations of the frozen sandy gravel constitutive relationship.
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Key words
Triaxial compression test,CT scanning test,Macro-plastic damage,Micro-crack damage,Cross-scale modified damage
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