| Effect of clay content to the strength of gravel soil in the source region of debris flow | |
Chen Ning-sheng1; Gao Yan-chao1,2,3; Yang Cheng-lin1; Hu Gui-sheng1
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| 2018 | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
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| ISSN | 1672-6316 |
| EISSN | 1993-0321 |
| Volume | 15Issue:10Pages:2320-2334 |
| Subtype | Article |
| Contribution Rank | 1 |
| Abstract | The production of runoff in the source area of a debris flow is the consequence of a reduction in soil strength. Gravel soil is widely distributed in the source region, and the influence of its clay content on soil strength is one of the important questions regarding the formation mechanism of debris flows. In this paper, the clay content in gravel soil is divided into groups of low clay content (1%, 2, 5%), moderate clay content (3.75%, 5.00%, 6.25%, 7.5%) and high clay content (10.0%, 12.5%, 15%). Tests of the unconsolidated undrained shear strength and consolidated drained shear strength were performed. The unconsolidated undrained shearing (UU) experiment simulates the rapid shear failure of loose gravel soil under the conditions of brief heavy rainfall. The consolidated drained shearing (CD) experiment simulates creep failure of consolidated sediment during extended rainfall. The pore water pressure first increased and then decreased as the clay content increased, and the increase in pore pressure was relatively high in the gravel soil sample when the clay content is in the range of 3.25-7.50%, and stress in the gravel soil is relatively low for a moderate clay content. Gravelly soils with a moderate clay content are more prone to debris-flow initiation. This paper presents a mathematical formula for the maximum shear stress and clay content of gravel soil under two conditions. The key processes whereby the soil fails and triggers a debris flow-volume contraction of soil, expansion of clay soil, and rise of pore pressure-cause reductions in the soil friction force and enhancement of the water content in the clay particles, and subsurface erosion of soil reduces the soil viscosity, which eventually reduces the soil strength so that the soil loses its stability, liquefies and generates a debris flow. |
| Keyword | Debris flows Gravel soil Clay content Maximum shear stress Pore water pressure |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11629-018-4911-8 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| WOS Keyword | MECHANISM ; CONSOLIDATION ; INITIATION ; MOBILITY ; MASS |
| Language | 英语 |
| Quartile | 4区 |
| Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41501012] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41502337] ; China Geological Survey[121201010000150003] |
| TOP | 否 |
| WOS Research Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS Subject | Environmental Sciences |
| WOS ID | WOS:000447295900018 |
| Publisher | SCIENCE PRESS |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/24192 |
| Collection | 山地灾害与地表过程重点实验室 |
| Corresponding Author | Hu Gui-sheng |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Key Lab Mt Hazards & Land Surface Proc, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Peoples R China; 2.China Geol Survey, Chengdu Ctr, Chengdu 610081, Sichuan, Peoples R China; 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Chen Ning-sheng,Gao Yan-chao,Yang Cheng-lin,et al. Effect of clay content to the strength of gravel soil in the source region of debris flow[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2018,15(10):2320-2334. |
| APA | Chen Ning-sheng,Gao Yan-chao,Yang Cheng-lin,&Hu Gui-sheng.(2018).Effect of clay content to the strength of gravel soil in the source region of debris flow.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,15(10),2320-2334. |
| MLA | Chen Ning-sheng,et al."Effect of clay content to the strength of gravel soil in the source region of debris flow".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 15.10(2018):2320-2334. |
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