Investigation on Carbonated Lime-Ash Solidified Frozen Soil and Damage Constitutive Model
In engineering projects of cold regions,the salt-freezing coupling effect often exacerbates the strength degradation of saline soil.We aim to investigate the variations in compressive performance of lime-and-flyash-solidi-fied carbonate soil under freezing conditions.With curing agent dosage,temperature,and loading rate as influen-cing parameters,we conducted unconfined compression tests on lime-and-flyash-solidified carbonate saline soil and subsequently proposed a damage constitutive model considering temperature and loading rate.Results indicate that lime and fly ash significantly enhance the compressive strength of carbonate soil,altering its stress-strain curve from weak strain softening to distinct strain softening.Optimal curing occurs with the addition of 3%lime and 12%fly ash.Temperature and loading rate markedly affect the compressive strength and elastic modulus of the solidified car-bonate soil,with their relationship being expressed as a nonlinear function.Temperature exerts far more larger influ-ence on compressive strength than curing agent dosage and loading rate.The established damage model effectively captures the stress-strain relationship and the variation trend of soil damage variables.
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