Elastic Modulus Calculation Model of a Soil-Rock Mixture at Normal or Freezing Temperature Based on Micromechanics Approach

• Main Authors: Hao Yang, Zhong Zhou, Xiangcan Wang, Qifang Zhang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
• Series: Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/576080

Considering rock wrapped by soil in the mesoscopic structure of soil-rock mixture at normal temperature, a two-layer embedded model of single inclusion composite material was established to obtain the elastic modulus of soil-rock mixture. Given an interface ice interlayer attached between the soil and rock interface in the mesoscopic structure of soil-rock mixture at freezing temperature, a three-layer embedded model of double inclusion composite material and multistep multiphase micromechanics model was established to obtain the elastic modulus of a frozen soil-rock mixture. With the effect of structure pore with soil-rock mixture at normal temperature taken into consideration, its elastic modulus was calculated with the three-layer embedded model. An experimental comparison found that the predicted effect of the three-layer embedded model on the soil-rock mixture was better than that of the two-layer embedded model. The elastic modulus of soil-rock mixture gradually increased with the increase in rock content regardless of temperature. The increase rate of the elastic modulus of the soil-rock mixture increased quickly especially when the rock content is between 50% and 70%. The elastic modulus of the frozen soil-rock mixture is close to four times higher than that of the soil-rock mixture at a normal temperature.