In Situ Soil Response to Vibratory Loading and Its Relationship to Roller-Measured Soil Stiffness
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 135, Issue 8
Abstract
An investigation was conducted to characterize and relate in situ soil stress-strain behavior to roller-measured soil stiffness. Continuous assessment of soil stiffness via roller vibration monitoring has the potential to significantly advance performance based quality assurance of earthwork. One vertically homogeneous and two layered test beds were carefully constructed with embedded sensors for the field testing program. Total normal stress and strain measurements at multiple depths reveal complex triaxial soil behavior during vibratory roller loading. Measured cyclic strain amplitudes were 15–25% of those measured during static roller passes due to viscoelasticity and curved drum/soil interaction. Low amplitude vibratory roller loading induces nonlinear in situ modulus behavior. Roller-measured stiffness and its dependence on excitation force is influenced by the stress-dependent modulus function of each soil, the varying drum/soil contact area, and by layer characteristics (modulus ratio, thickness) when layering is present. On vertically homogeneous clayey sand, roller-measured stiffness decreased with increasing excitation force, a behavior attributed to stress-dependent modulus reduction observed in situ. On the crushed rock over silt test bed, roller-measured stiffness increased with increasing excitation force despite the mild stress-dependent modulus reduction observed in the crushed rock. In this case, the stiffer crushed rock takes on a greater portion of the load, resulting in the increase in roller-measured stiffness.
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Acknowledgments
Partial funding for this research was provided by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (Project No. UNSPECIFIED21-09). The writers would like to thank the Ammann and Bomag corporations for providing the vibratory roller compactors and the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Maryland State Highway Authority for their assistance in coordinating the field project sites. The writers would also like to thank Dr. John Berger of Colorado School of Mines for his insight and feedback.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 135 • Issue 8 • August 2009
Pages: 1022 - 1031
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Received: Jul 15, 2008
Accepted: Dec 27, 2008
Published online: Feb 23, 2009
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