Surface Crack Development Rules and Shear Strength of Compacted Expansive Soil Due to Dry–Wet Cycles
Tóm tắt
Expansive soil is a typical multi-crack soil, and the stability of expansive soil slope is significantly affected by cracks. In this study, pores (particles) and crack image analysis system (PCAS), a crack image processing software was used for the dynamic and quantitative measurement of the development of surface cracks in expansive soils with different compaction degree under the condition of dry–wet cycles. Furthermore, the shear strength of expansive soil with different degree of crack development was also tested. The test results showed that the greater the compaction degree, the smaller the cracking degree. The cohesion decreased with the increase of dry–wet cycles; however, the internal friction angle was less affected. For the same number of cycles, cohesion increased with the increase of the compaction degree. The relationship between the cohesion and the crack parameters including the number of crack joints, number of cracks, total length of cracks, and average width of cracks exhibited similar trends. This indicates that cohesion has some relevance with these crack parameters. The crack rate and fractal dimension exhibited linear relationship with cohesion. The research results provide an important basis for the application of crack parameters to calculate the strength parameter of expansive soil in engineering field.
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