Structure characteristics and mechanical properties of kaolinite soils. II. Effects of structure on mechanical properties
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Abstract
This paper reports the effects of structure on the mechanical responses of kaolinite with known and controlled fabric associations. The dynamic properties and strength were assessed by resonant column tests and undrained triaxial compression tests, respectively. The experimental results demonstrate that interparticle forces and associated fabric arrangements influence the volumetric change under isotropic compression. Soils with different structures have individual consolidation lines, and the merging trend is not readily seen under an isotropic confinement up to 250 kPa. The dynamic properties of kaolinite were found to be intimately related to the soil structure. Stronger interparticle forces or higher degrees of flocculated structure lead to a greater small-strain shear modulus, G max , and a lower associated damping ratio, D min . The soil structure has no apparent influence on the critical-state friction angle (ϕ′ c = 27.5°), which suggests that the critical stress ratio does not depend on interparticle forces. The undrained shear strength of kaolinite is controlled by its initial packing density rather than by any interparticle attractive forces, and yet the influence of the structure on the effective stress path is obvious.Key words: interparticle forces, shear modulus, damping ratio, stressstrain behavior, undrained shear strength, critical state.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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