Loess internal erosion caused by preferential flow often leads to serious loess ground collapse,shallow loess landslides,and other geological disasters.However,there is a lack of quantitative evaluation of the interna...Loess internal erosion caused by preferential flow often leads to serious loess ground collapse,shallow loess landslides,and other geological disasters.However,there is a lack of quantitative evaluation of the internal erodibility of undisturbed loess under the action of preferential flow,and little is known about the correlation between the internal erodibility of loess and its microstructure.In this study,we carried out a series of hole erosion tests(HET)on undisturbed loess samples from 4 typical locations on China's Loess Plateau.The internal erodibility of loess was quantitatively evaluated through an improved HET method,and its association with initial water content,clay content,and initial water head difference was investigated.On the microscopic scale,the microstructure of loess with different clay content was measured by scanning electron microscopy(SEM).The correlation between pore and particle microstructure parameters and loess internal erosion parameters was established based on grey correlation theory.When the initial water content increased from 10%to 36%,the erodibility index increased from 1 to 2.5.When the clay content increased from 8%to 27.95%,the erodibility index increased 3.5 times.The increase of initial water head difference has a positive linear effect on the internal erodibility of loess.The microstructure analysis shows that with the increase of clay content,the microstructure of undisturbed loess changes from a mosaic structure to a cementation structure,which creates favourable conditions for controlling the internal erosion of loess.Through grey correlation analysis,it has been determined that the microstructure of undisturbed loess has a significant correlation with the critical shear stress,and the loess microstructure morphology strongly correlates with the erosion rate.Under normal circumstances,the higher the clay content,the better the erosion resistance,the better the mechanical stability,and the easier to form a stable cave in loess.This study can provide a reference for revealing the cave formation mechanism in the loess area in the future.展开更多
基金funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.42041006,42377158,42377163)the Provincial Key R&D Project(211426230324).
文摘Loess internal erosion caused by preferential flow often leads to serious loess ground collapse,shallow loess landslides,and other geological disasters.However,there is a lack of quantitative evaluation of the internal erodibility of undisturbed loess under the action of preferential flow,and little is known about the correlation between the internal erodibility of loess and its microstructure.In this study,we carried out a series of hole erosion tests(HET)on undisturbed loess samples from 4 typical locations on China's Loess Plateau.The internal erodibility of loess was quantitatively evaluated through an improved HET method,and its association with initial water content,clay content,and initial water head difference was investigated.On the microscopic scale,the microstructure of loess with different clay content was measured by scanning electron microscopy(SEM).The correlation between pore and particle microstructure parameters and loess internal erosion parameters was established based on grey correlation theory.When the initial water content increased from 10%to 36%,the erodibility index increased from 1 to 2.5.When the clay content increased from 8%to 27.95%,the erodibility index increased 3.5 times.The increase of initial water head difference has a positive linear effect on the internal erodibility of loess.The microstructure analysis shows that with the increase of clay content,the microstructure of undisturbed loess changes from a mosaic structure to a cementation structure,which creates favourable conditions for controlling the internal erosion of loess.Through grey correlation analysis,it has been determined that the microstructure of undisturbed loess has a significant correlation with the critical shear stress,and the loess microstructure morphology strongly correlates with the erosion rate.Under normal circumstances,the higher the clay content,the better the erosion resistance,the better the mechanical stability,and the easier to form a stable cave in loess.This study can provide a reference for revealing the cave formation mechanism in the loess area in the future.
