Shear wave velocity monitoring of collapsible loessic brickearth soil
| Autor: | Kevin J. Northmore, D. I. Boardman, Antoni E. Milodowski, Neil Dixon, David Gunn, Christopher D. F. Rogers, Peter Jackson, Ian Jefferson, A. Zourmpakis, L.M. Nelder, David Entwisle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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| Zdroj: | Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 39:173-188 |
| ISSN: | 2041-4803 1470-9236 |
| DOI: | 10.1144/1470-9236/04-045 |
| Popis: | Metastable loessic brickearth comprises a stiff fabric structure with inter-particle interactions different to those normally associated with clay-sized or silt-sized particle fabrics. Laboratory samples loaded near in situ moisture contents exhibited little consolidation and relatively high shear wave velocities, which changed in response to sample flooding. In situ hydro-collapse caused non-monotonic changes in the velocity of shear waves through loessic brickearth that was subjected to simple flooding and to flooding while under additional surface loading. Hydro-collapse in situ resulted in an overall reduction of up to 50% in the shear wave velocity. A conceptual model of brickearth structure based on SEM images is presented to explain the process of collapse and its effect on shear wave velocity. These indicate a transition from a relatively low-density, high-stiffness fabric to the higher-density, lower-stiffness fabric during structural collapse of the loessic brickearth. The collapse process disrupts clay bridge-bonds that hold individual and aggregated clay-coated silt sized particles in an open packed structure, and which are absent in a more closely packed collapsed structure. These studies provide information for geohazard research and the development of shear wave velocity and other geophysical tools to assess soil collapse potential in situ. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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