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Traction rheological properties of simulative soil for deep-sea sediment

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The traction capacity of the mining machine is greatly influenced by the traction rheological properties of the deep-sea sediments. The best simulative soil was prepared for substituting the deep-sea sediment based on the deep-sea sediment collected from the Pacific C-C mining area. Traction rheological properties of the simulative soil were studied by a home-made test apparatus. In order to accurately describe the traction rheological properties and determine traction rheological parameters, the Newtonian dashpot in Maxwell body of Burgers model was replaced by a self-similarity spring-dashpot fractance and a new rheological constitutive model was deduced by fractional derivative theory. The results show the simulative soil has obvious non-attenuate rheological properties. The transient creep and stable creep rate increase with the traction, but they decrease with ground pressure. The fractional derivative Burgers model are better in describing non-attenuate rheological properties of the simulative soil than the classical Burgers model. For the new traction rheological constitutive equation of the simulative soil, the traction rheological parameters can be obtained by fitting the tested traction creep data with the traction creep constitutive equation. The ground contact length of track and walking velocity of the mining machine predicted by the traction rheological constitutive equation can be used to take full advantages of the maximum traction provided by the soil and safely improve mining efficiency.

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The authors are grateful to the State Key Laboratory of Exploitation and Utilization of Deep-sea Mineral Resources.

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  1. College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Cailing Qi, Qi Liu & Wenbo Ma

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410075, China

    Qiuhua Rao

  3. Hunan Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Engineering Safety, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Cailing Qi, Qi Liu & Wenbo Ma

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11502226, 51274251, 51434002), the Key Research and Development Plan of Hunan Province (No. 2017WK2032), the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province, China (Nos. 15C1317, 16C1542), and the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate (No. CX2017B342)

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Qi, C., Rao, Q., Liu, Q. et al. Traction rheological properties of simulative soil for deep-sea sediment. J. Ocean. Limnol. 37, 62–71 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-018-7258-7

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