SUN Xing-liang, WANG Ren, HU Ming-jian. A CT-timely experimental study on meso-scopic structural damage development of frozen soil under triaxial shearing[J]. 2005, 26(8).
SUN Xing-liang, WANG Ren, HU Ming-jian. A CT-timely experimental study on meso-scopic structural damage development of frozen soil under triaxial shearing[J]. 2005, 26(8).DOI:
Meso-scopic structural damage development during the triaxial shearing process of frozen soil was studied by computerized tomography (CT) technique. Analysis of CT-images and values during deformation shows that there is already a variety of initial structural damages
such as micro-holes
pipe-shaped holes and low-density regions before loading. The elastic damage only accounts for a very small scale in total damage
but viscoplastic damage for a great scale. There also exist the phenomena of structural strengthening and softening during triaxial shearing
similar to those during creep of frozen soil. The viscoplastic damage
which can not be determined by CT-values
behaves mainly in the forms of the changes of size and shape and unification of microscopic cavities
the slippages between soil particles and/or cemented ice particles.