Dynamic Properties of Expansive Soil-Rubber under Freeze–Thaw Cycles
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 4
Abstract
Soils mixed with recycled waste rubbers have been widely used in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. However, the research on rubber-soil mixtures in deep seasonally frozen regions is relatively lacking, so the application and dynamic properties of expansive soil-rubber (ESR) undergoing freeze–thaw (FT) cycles need further investigation. This study investigated the dynamic properties of ESR undergoing freeze–thaw cycles in terms of confining pressure and frequency using temperature-controlled dynamic triaxial tests. The results show that (1) shear stress and dynamic shear modulus with 5% and 10% rubber content (RC) are similar under freeze–thaw cycles, and both decrease and then increase with the number of cycles; (2) shear stress and dynamic shear modulus are positively correlated with confining pressure and frequency for the same number of cycles; (3) ESR damping ratio decreases with increasing shear strain, with a maximum reduction of 50.65%; (4) variations in ESR damping ratio under the influence of freeze–thaw cycles, confining pressure, and frequency are significant; and (5) ESR damping ratio is optimal when and , and is 29.76% higher than that of plain expansive soil.
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Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request.
Acknowledgments
Financial support for this investigation was provided by the National Major Scientific Research Instrument Development Project (No. 41627801), the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1505305), and the Special Project Fund of Taishan Scholars of Shandong Province, China (No. 2015-212) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Received: Dec 10, 2021
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Published online: Jan 25, 2023
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