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Internal Erosion Failure of Uniform Sands under Confinement and Constricted Seepage Exit
Seepage water may move soil particles and cause internal erosion of soils, leading to sinkholes and the collapse of embankments and slopes. To account for the effects of confinement and constricted seepage exit, a test apparatus was developed to study the internal erosion of granular soils under various confining pressures, particle sizes, and sizes of the seepage exit opening. As indicated in the literature, the behavior of internal erosion has been largely studied by laboratory experiments and field investigations, and mechanical models that help describe the failure mechanism of internal erosion are less prevalent. A hydro-mechanical model that incorporates the fluid drag force and the shear strength of soil was therefore developed for quantifying the internal erosion experiments conducted in this study. The experimental results showed that the greater the confining pressure or the particle size, the greater the critical velocity; the greater the seepage exit opening, the smaller the critical velocity. The critical velocity predicted by the proposed hydro-mechanic model compares reasonably well with the experimental data. In addition to the confining pressure, particle size, and size of the seepage exit opening, the proposed model also showed that the friction angle and porosity of the soil are factors influencing the critical velocity, which is consistent with the experimental findings of this study.
Internal Erosion Failure of Uniform Sands under Confinement and Constricted Seepage Exit
Seepage water may move soil particles and cause internal erosion of soils, leading to sinkholes and the collapse of embankments and slopes. To account for the effects of confinement and constricted seepage exit, a test apparatus was developed to study the internal erosion of granular soils under various confining pressures, particle sizes, and sizes of the seepage exit opening. As indicated in the literature, the behavior of internal erosion has been largely studied by laboratory experiments and field investigations, and mechanical models that help describe the failure mechanism of internal erosion are less prevalent. A hydro-mechanical model that incorporates the fluid drag force and the shear strength of soil was therefore developed for quantifying the internal erosion experiments conducted in this study. The experimental results showed that the greater the confining pressure or the particle size, the greater the critical velocity; the greater the seepage exit opening, the smaller the critical velocity. The critical velocity predicted by the proposed hydro-mechanic model compares reasonably well with the experimental data. In addition to the confining pressure, particle size, and size of the seepage exit opening, the proposed model also showed that the friction angle and porosity of the soil are factors influencing the critical velocity, which is consistent with the experimental findings of this study.
Internal Erosion Failure of Uniform Sands under Confinement and Constricted Seepage Exit
Kuang-Tsung Chang (author) / Kevin Zeh-Zon Lee (author) / Han-Yu Wu (author)
2020
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