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Experimental Study on the Axial Deformation Characteristics of Compacted Lanzhou Loess under Traffic Loads

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  • Liguo Yang

    (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
    Department of Civil and Traffic Engineering, Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute, Kaifeng 475003, China)

  • Shengjun Shao

    (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
    Shanxi Key Laboratory of Loess Mechanics and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China)

  • Fuquan Wang

    (Department of Civil and Traffic Engineering, Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute, Kaifeng 475003, China)

  • Liqin Wang

    (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
    Shanxi Key Laboratory of Loess Mechanics and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China)

Abstract

It is beneficial to the sustainable development of expressway engineering to reuse excavated soil as roadbed filling material. There are a large number of filling projects using loess as a filling material in Northwest China. In this paper, the loess subgrade of an expressway in Lanzhou is taken as the research object, and a series of experimental studies are conducted using a hollow cylindrical torsion shear system to simulate the formation of a “heart-shaped” stress path and the principal stress rotation (PSR) under long-term traffic loads. The effects of the vertical cyclic dynamic stress ratio, torsion shear stress ratio, initial static shear stress, and intermediate principal stress coefficient on the axial plastic deformation and rebound deformation of compacted loess in Lanzhou were studied. The results show that the vertical cyclic stress ratio (VCSR) has a significant effect on the axial deformation of compacted loess in Lanzhou. When the VCSR is less than 0.6, all the axial strain curves develop stably with the number of cycles. With an increasing VCSR, the axial plastic deformation increases obviously, and the axial rebound deformation also increases. The vertical cyclic dynamic stress of the specimen is constant. Moreover, increasing the torsional shear stress ratio (that is, increasing the amplitude of cyclic shear stress) can greatly increase the development of axial deformation, but it has no effect on the rebound deformation curve. When the initial static shear stress exists in the specimen, the larger the initial static stress ratio (SSR) is, the larger the axial plastic deformation. The axial plastic deformation increases by approximately 33% for every 0.1 increase in the SSR. The rebound deformation of different SSRs fluctuates at the initial stage of cyclic loading, but the final stable rebound deformation is basically the same as that at the initial stage of cyclic loading. The intermediate principal stress coefficient has no effect on the development of axial strain, and the effect on axial rebound deformation is negligible. Finally, the calculation model of the axial plastic strain of Lanzhou compacted loess under traffic loads is obtained. The research results can provide a reference for the durability and settlement prediction in loess engineering.

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  • Liguo Yang & Shengjun Shao & Fuquan Wang & Liqin Wang, 2023. "Experimental Study on the Axial Deformation Characteristics of Compacted Lanzhou Loess under Traffic Loads," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-17, July.
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    1. Xueying Wu & Wenyi Zhao & Tianshan Ma, 2019. "Improving the Impact of Green Construction Management on the Quality of Highway Engineering Projects," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-24, March.
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