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http://dx.doi.org/10.14481/jkges.2014.15.5.47

Characteristics of Sand-Silt Mixtures during Freezing-Thawing by using Elastic Waves  

Kang, Mingu (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University)
Kim, Sangyeob (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University)
Hong, Seungseo (Geotechnical Engineering Research Division, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Kim, Youngseok (Geotechnical Engineering Research Division, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Lee, Jongsub (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.15, no.5, 2014 , pp. 47-56 More about this Journal
Abstract
In winter season, the pore water inside the ground freezes and thaws repetitively due to the cold air temperature. When the freezing-thawing processes are repeated on the ground, the change in soil particle structure occurs and thus the damage of the infrastructure may be following. This study was performed in order to investigate the stiffness change of soils due to the freeze-thaw by using elastic waves. Sand-silt mixtures are prepared with in the silt fraction of 40 %, 60 % and 80 % in weight and in the degree of saturation of 40 %. The specimens are placed into the square freezing-thawing cell by the temping method. For the measurement of the elastic waves, a pair of the bender elements and a pair of piezo disk elements are installed on the cell, and a thermocouple is inserted into soils for the measurement of the temperature. The temperature of the mixtures is decreased from $20^{\circ}C$ to $-10^{\circ}C$ during freezing, is maintained at $-20^{\circ}C$ for 18 hours, is gradually increased up to the room temperature of $20^{\circ}C$ to thaw the specimens. The shear waves, the compressional waves and the temperature are measured during the freeze-thaw process. The experimental result indicates that the shear and the compressional wave velocities after thawing are smaller than those of before freezing. The velocity ratio of after thawing to before freezing of shear wave is smaller than that of the compressional wave. As silt fraction increases from 40 % to 80 %, the shear and compressional wave velocities are gradually increased. This study suggests that the freezing-thawing process in unsaturated soil loosens the soil particle structure, and the shear wave velocity reflects the effect of freezing-thawing more sensitively than the compressional wave velocity.
Keywords
Elastic waves; Temperature; Frozen soil; Freeze-thaw; Sand-silt mixture;
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