The thermal conductivity of the soil skeletonλ;is an essential parameter from the point of view of the correct assessment of soil overall/effective conductivity.This work introduces the concept of“local thermal cond...The thermal conductivity of the soil skeletonλ;is an essential parameter from the point of view of the correct assessment of soil overall/effective conductivity.This work introduces the concept of“local thermal conductivity fluctuation”which characterizes the microscale variation of conductivity within the solid phase.It is proposed to link the“local fluctuation”of thermal conductivityλwith the soil texture-the information that is available at the scale of engineering applications.It was possible to relate the skeleton thermal conductivity with the grain size distribution of the soil.Finally,based on a large series of numerical simulations,the paper provides four triangle diagrams(at different organic matter contents:0%,2%,4%and 6%)relating the value ofλ;with volume fraction of individual soil separates.This result is extremely important from the practical point of view.One can quickly evaluateλ;value provided that information on the grain size distribution and organic matter content is available.展开更多
This paper presents a generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil to cover not only the drained tests but also the undrained tests by introducing a generalized structure of soil:soil skeleton formed by soil ...This paper presents a generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil to cover not only the drained tests but also the undrained tests by introducing a generalized structure of soil:soil skeleton formed by soil particles and the fluid in soil voids,under the assumptions of the incompressibility of soil particles and the compressibility of the fluid in soil voids.For the drained tests,the generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil would be degenerated to its current dilatancy angle equation.However,for the undrained tests,the generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil was derived with aλparameter that was related to the stress-strain state of soil and the nature of the fluid in soil voids.Theλparameter was determined by the initial dilatancy angles of granular soil at the onset of shearing on the same initial state of the soil in the drained and undrained tests.In addition,the generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil was verified for application in calculation of the dilatancy angles of sands in the drained and undrained tests.展开更多
文摘The thermal conductivity of the soil skeletonλ;is an essential parameter from the point of view of the correct assessment of soil overall/effective conductivity.This work introduces the concept of“local thermal conductivity fluctuation”which characterizes the microscale variation of conductivity within the solid phase.It is proposed to link the“local fluctuation”of thermal conductivityλwith the soil texture-the information that is available at the scale of engineering applications.It was possible to relate the skeleton thermal conductivity with the grain size distribution of the soil.Finally,based on a large series of numerical simulations,the paper provides four triangle diagrams(at different organic matter contents:0%,2%,4%and 6%)relating the value ofλ;with volume fraction of individual soil separates.This result is extremely important from the practical point of view.One can quickly evaluateλ;value provided that information on the grain size distribution and organic matter content is available.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.41807268)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences-China(Grant no.2018408)。
文摘This paper presents a generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil to cover not only the drained tests but also the undrained tests by introducing a generalized structure of soil:soil skeleton formed by soil particles and the fluid in soil voids,under the assumptions of the incompressibility of soil particles and the compressibility of the fluid in soil voids.For the drained tests,the generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil would be degenerated to its current dilatancy angle equation.However,for the undrained tests,the generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil was derived with aλparameter that was related to the stress-strain state of soil and the nature of the fluid in soil voids.Theλparameter was determined by the initial dilatancy angles of granular soil at the onset of shearing on the same initial state of the soil in the drained and undrained tests.In addition,the generalized dilatancy angle equation of granular soil was verified for application in calculation of the dilatancy angles of sands in the drained and undrained tests.