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Experimental Study on Creep Mechanical Properties of Warm Frozen Soils

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Warm frozen soils have significant creep properties and its creep deformation cannot be ignored for construction and maintenance of cold regions projects. To study the creep mechanical properties of warm frozen soils, a series of triaxial creep tests were carried out under different shear stress conditions and temperature conditions. The test results show that the creep curves of warm frozen soils can be divided into two types: decaying type and non-decaying type. As the temperature increases, the initial creep deformation, creep deformation and creep rate all increase significantly. The axial creep deformation at the same moment increases with increasing temperature.

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This work was supported by the Open Foundation of the Research Center for Human Geography of Tibetan Plateau and Its Eastern Slope (Chengdu University of Technology) (Grant No. RWDL2022-YB003) and Postdoctoral Sustentation Fund of Heilongjiang Province of China (Grant No. LBH-Z22073).

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    Yating Peng

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    Junlin He & Haiqiang Jiang

  3. School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China

    Haiqiang Jiang

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Peng, Y., He, J. & Jiang, H. Experimental Study on Creep Mechanical Properties of Warm Frozen Soils. Indian Geotech J 53, 1347–1354 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-023-00754-z

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