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Reversible and irreversible strain behavior of frozen aeolian soil under dynamic loading

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Dynamic triaxial experiments were conducted to investigate the reversible and irreversible strain behavior of frozen aeolian soil. The frozen soil samples were subjected to the testing conditions of various temperatures, dynamic stress amplitudes, confining pressures and loading frequencies. The testing results indicate that both temperature and dynamic stress amplitude have significant influences on the resilient strain of frozen aeolian soil, and higher temperature and dynamic stress amplitude lead to larger cumulative plastic strain of frozen aeolian soil. Within the range of 0.02–0.1 MPa for the confining pressure, the resilient modulus increases with the increase of the confining pressure, while the cumulative plastic strain behaves adversely. The resilient modulus increases slightly with the increasing of the loading frequency, while the cumulative plastic strain somewhat decreases when the loading frequency reduces. Moreover, the functions of resilient modulus and cumulative plastic strain of frozen aeolian soil subgrade under dynamic loading were obtained. The results provide fundamental experimental data for predicting the permanent deformation of frozen aeolian soil subgrade and may shed light on further studies on the stability of highway subgrade in the cold regions.

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This project has received multiple supports from the Nation Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50978131, 51174039 and 41172265). The authors are grateful for the above support.

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  1. School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004, China

    Shuang Zhang

  2. The State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Chun-an Tang

  3. Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Pan Hu

  4. College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000, China

    Xiang-dong Zhang & Zhe-cheng Zhang

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Zhang, S., Tang, Ca., Hu, P. et al. Reversible and irreversible strain behavior of frozen aeolian soil under dynamic loading. Environ Earth Sci 75, 245 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-5009-z

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