动荷载作用下结构物-粉细砂界面力学响应与细观行为分析

Mechanical response and mesoscale behavior of the silty fine sand–structure interface under dynamic loading conditions

  • 摘要: 针对宁夏粉细砂地层中基础界面在动力荷载下力学响应机制不明确的问题,本文通过大型多功能界面剪切仪,结合粒子图像测速仪(PIV)与离散元软件(PFC3D),系统揭示了动-静耦合荷载作用下结构物-粉细砂界面强度演化、剪切带扩展及颗粒接触重组机制。研究表明:界面粗糙度增大可增强咬合作用,提高峰值剪切强度并加剧剪缩变形。荷载频率升高引起剪切应力幅值与峰值强度降低,0.01~1.00 Hz频段内颗粒运动更充分。初始法向应力与动应力幅值增大均能提升界面抗剪性能。PIV分析表明,剪切带呈弧形扩展,应变场以压应变为主且呈现非对称分布。离散元模拟显示,接触力链随剪切发展趋于密集并出现重组,孔隙率演化呈“先快后缓”的增长特征且波动幅度随应力幅值增大而增加,配位数变化表明颗粒接触状态随荷载动态调整。研究结果补充了宁夏粉细砂在动力荷载下界面力学响应方面的认识,可为该地区粉细砂地层下部基础的动力设计与安全评价提供量化依据与理论支撑。

     

    Abstract: The mechanical response of the foundation interface in the Ningxia silty fine sand stratum under dynamic loading remains poorly understood. This study systematically conducted interface shear tests using a large-scale multifunctional interface shear apparatus, complemented by particle image velocimetry (PIV) and the discrete element method software PFC3D. The investigation reveals the strength evolution, shear band propagation characteristics, and particle contact reorganization mechanisms of the structure–silty fine sand interface. This research has significant engineering implications for the dynamic design and safety assessment of piles and other foundations subjected to traffic loading in the Ningxia region. Macroscopic experimental results indicate that increasing interface roughness significantly enhances the interlocking, retention, and occlusion of silty fine sand particles by the structural surface grooves, leading to a marked increase in peak shear stress and in the shear displacement required to reach the peak. Greater roughness intensifies particle rearrangement during shearing, further compresses interparticle voids, and substantially increases cumulative shear contraction. When the loading frequency ranges from 0.01 to 1.00 Hz, both the shear stress amplitude and peak strength gradually decrease with increasing frequency, as particles have sufficient time to complete rolling, interlocking failure, and local rearrangement. As the frequency enters the 1.00–2.00 Hz range, the rate of change slows markedly, and the curves tend to flatten, while the valley strength is only slightly affected. Throughout the tests, the dynamic shear stress–shear displacement curves consistently fluctuate between the two static curves corresponding to the upper and lower limits of the stress amplitude, staying closer to the lower-limit curve. Increasing both the initial normal stress and the dynamic stress amplitude enhances the interface shear resistance. When the initial normal stress increases from 20 kPa to 100 kPa, the valley shear strength increases from 18.60 kPa to 65.10 kPa, and the peak shear strength increases from 23.17 kPa to 70.83 kPa. Under dynamic loading, the peak interface friction angle is approximately 25.21°, corresponding to a reduction of about 20% compared to static conditions, while the valley interface friction angle is approximately 33.48°, which is comparable to the static value. Based on these findings, it is recommended that for traffic loading in the 0.01–1.00 Hz frequency range, the foundation bearing capacity be adopted as 0.80–0.85 times the static test value, and that in dynamic design, the peak interface friction angle be taken as 25–26° and the valley interface friction angle as 33–34°. PIV-based displacement and strain field analyses demonstrate that as shear displacement increases, the shear band propagates upward from the structural interface in an arc-shaped form and eventually stabilizes. The strain field is dominated by compressive strain, consistent with the vertical shear-contraction deformation behavior of the soil during shearing. A localized tensile strain zone appears on the left side of the shear box, while a higher compressive strain level is observed on the right side, primarily attributable to the confining effect of the shear box sidewall and the difference in particle movement velocities induced by the ploughing action of the structure, exhibiting pronounced asymmetric deformation characteristics. Discrete element numerical simulations further reveal the intrinsic mechanisms underlying the interface response. As the test proceeds, the force chain paths near the interface deviate from simple straight-line patterns to curved and branched configurations. The number of green contact force chains increases significantly, and a small number of red-yellow force chains also emerge. Concurrently, some force chains undergo breakage and reorganization, reflecting the microscopic–mesoscopic processes of particle relative sliding and rearrangement. Porosity evolution exhibits a “rapid-then-slow” decreasing trend, with fluctuations becoming more pronounced as the stress amplitude increases, indicating that higher stress amplitudes enhance interparticle interlocking and dislocation, promote the filling of interparticle voids by finer particles, and form a denser structural system. The coordination number increases rapidly at first and then stabilizes with increasing shear displacement, and a higher stress amplitude increases the number of effective interparticle contacts, thereby enhancing the interfacial bearing capacity. This study enriches the understanding of the interfacial mechanical response of Ningxia silty fine sand under dynamic loading, providing a quantitative basis and theoretical support for the dynamic design, bearing capacity assessment, and long-term stability analysis of foundation structures in silty fine sand strata in this region.

     

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