This study investigates the volumetric behaviors of various soils during freeze-thaw(FT)cycles and subsequent one-dimensional(1D)compression from experimental and theoretical studies.Experimental studies were performe...This study investigates the volumetric behaviors of various soils during freeze-thaw(FT)cycles and subsequent one-dimensional(1D)compression from experimental and theoretical studies.Experimental studies were performed on saturated expansive soil specimens with varying compaction conditions and soil structures under different stress states.Experimental results demonstrate that the specimens expand during freezing and contract during thawing.All specimens converge to the same residual void ratio after seven FT cycles,irrespective of their different initial void ratio,stress state,and soil structure.The compression index of the expansive soil specimens increases with the initial void ratio,whereas their swelling index remains nearly constant.A model extending the disturbed state concept(DSC)is proposed to predict the 1D compression behaviors of FT-impacted soils.The model incorporates a parameter,b,to account for the impacts of FT cycles.Empirical equations have been developed to link the key model parameters(i.e.the normalized yield stress and parameter b)to the soil state parameter(i.e.the normalized void ratio)in order to simplify the prediction approach.The proposed model well predicts the results of the tested expansive soil.In addition,the model’s feasibility for other types of soils,including low-and high-plastic clays,and high-plastic organic soils,has been validated using published data from the literature.The proposed model is simple yet reliable for predicting the compression behaviors of soils subjected to FT cycles.展开更多
To determine whether a given deterministic nonlinear dynamic system is chaotic or periodic, a novel test approach named zero-one （0-1） test has been proposed recently. In this approach, the regular and chaotic motio...To determine whether a given deterministic nonlinear dynamic system is chaotic or periodic, a novel test approach named zero-one （0-1） test has been proposed recently. In this approach, the regular and chaotic motions can be decided by calculating the parameter K approaching asymptotically to zero or one. In this study, we focus on the 0-1 test algorithm and illustrate the selection of parameters of this algorithm by numerical experiments. To validate the reliability and the universality of this algorithm, it is applied to typical nonlinear dynamic systems, including fractional-order dynamic system.展开更多
The existing studies have primarily focused on the effect of cyclic load characteristics(namely,cyclic load ratio and amplitude ratio)on cyclic lateral response of monopiles in sand,with little attention paid to the e...The existing studies have primarily focused on the effect of cyclic load characteristics(namely,cyclic load ratio and amplitude ratio)on cyclic lateral response of monopiles in sand,with little attention paid to the effect of pile−soil relative stiffness(K_(R)).This paper presents a series of 1-g cyclic tests aimed at improving understanding of the cyclic lateral responses of monopiles under different pile−soil systems.These systems are arranged by two model piles with different stiffness,including four different slenderness ratios(pile embedded length,L,normalized by diameter,D)under medium dense sand.The K_(R)-values are calculated by a previously proposed method considering the real soil stress level.The test results show that the lateral accumulation displacement increases significantly with the increment of the K_(R)-value,while the cyclic secant stiffness performs inversely.The maximum pile bending moment increases with the cycle number for the rigid pile−soil system,but shows a decreasing trend in the flexible system.For an uppermost concern,an empirical model is proposed to predict the accumulated displacement of arbitrary pile−soil systems by combining the results from this study with those from previous experimental investigations.The validity of the proposed model is demonstrated by 1-g and centrifuge tests.展开更多
基金support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)through the Discovery Grant(Grant No.5808)received in 2019 for his research programsThe third author appreciates the funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52378365)Hubei Key Research&Development Program(Grant No.2023BCB112).
文摘This study investigates the volumetric behaviors of various soils during freeze-thaw(FT)cycles and subsequent one-dimensional(1D)compression from experimental and theoretical studies.Experimental studies were performed on saturated expansive soil specimens with varying compaction conditions and soil structures under different stress states.Experimental results demonstrate that the specimens expand during freezing and contract during thawing.All specimens converge to the same residual void ratio after seven FT cycles,irrespective of their different initial void ratio,stress state,and soil structure.The compression index of the expansive soil specimens increases with the initial void ratio,whereas their swelling index remains nearly constant.A model extending the disturbed state concept(DSC)is proposed to predict the 1D compression behaviors of FT-impacted soils.The model incorporates a parameter,b,to account for the impacts of FT cycles.Empirical equations have been developed to link the key model parameters(i.e.the normalized yield stress and parameter b)to the soil state parameter(i.e.the normalized void ratio)in order to simplify the prediction approach.The proposed model well predicts the results of the tested expansive soil.In addition,the model’s feasibility for other types of soils,including low-and high-plastic clays,and high-plastic organic soils,has been validated using published data from the literature.The proposed model is simple yet reliable for predicting the compression behaviors of soils subjected to FT cycles.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of of China (Grant No. 60672041)
文摘To determine whether a given deterministic nonlinear dynamic system is chaotic or periodic, a novel test approach named zero-one （0-1） test has been proposed recently. In this approach, the regular and chaotic motions can be decided by calculating the parameter K approaching asymptotically to zero or one. In this study, we focus on the 0-1 test algorithm and illustrate the selection of parameters of this algorithm by numerical experiments. To validate the reliability and the universality of this algorithm, it is applied to typical nonlinear dynamic systems, including fractional-order dynamic system.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51808112,51878160,and 52078128)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20180155).
文摘The existing studies have primarily focused on the effect of cyclic load characteristics(namely,cyclic load ratio and amplitude ratio)on cyclic lateral response of monopiles in sand,with little attention paid to the effect of pile−soil relative stiffness(K_(R)).This paper presents a series of 1-g cyclic tests aimed at improving understanding of the cyclic lateral responses of monopiles under different pile−soil systems.These systems are arranged by two model piles with different stiffness,including four different slenderness ratios(pile embedded length,L,normalized by diameter,D)under medium dense sand.The K_(R)-values are calculated by a previously proposed method considering the real soil stress level.The test results show that the lateral accumulation displacement increases significantly with the increment of the K_(R)-value,while the cyclic secant stiffness performs inversely.The maximum pile bending moment increases with the cycle number for the rigid pile−soil system,but shows a decreasing trend in the flexible system.For an uppermost concern,an empirical model is proposed to predict the accumulated displacement of arbitrary pile−soil systems by combining the results from this study with those from previous experimental investigations.The validity of the proposed model is demonstrated by 1-g and centrifuge tests.
