Experimental and theoretical studies on the creep behavior of warm ice-rich frozen sand 温冰富冷砂温度上升行为的实验与理论研究.pdf

Cold Regions Science and Technology 63 (2010) 61–67 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Cold Regions Science and Technology journal homepage: www. elsevi /locate/coldregions Experimental and theoretical studies on the creep behavior of warm ice-rich frozen sand Yugui Yang, Yuanming Lai ⁎, Xiaoxiao Chang State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: It is recognized experimentally that the creep property of warm ice-rich frozen soils will cause a significant Received 1 March 2010 deformation, which affects the stability of infrastructure constructed in permafrost regions. In this paper, the Accepted 22 April 2010 creep behavior of warm ice-rich frozen sand is investigated through a series of experimental data under different stress levels at temperatures of −1.0 °C, −1.5 °C and −2.0 °C, respectively. The results showed that the creep Keyword: characteristic of warm ice-rich frozen sand is greatly affected by the stress levels. The creep curves mainly present Warm ice-rich frozen sand the decaying and the stable creep stages under low stress levels. However, under high stress levels, once the strain Creep Constitutive model increasing to critical value, the creep strain velocity gradually increases and th