Study on a quantitative method for determining mixing proportion of transparent cemented soil for visual geotechnical model tests
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Abstract
An effective mixing of transparent cemented soil is necessary for visual geotechnical model tests, so a quantitative method for determining mixing proportion of transparent cemented soil was generated in this paper. Firstly, quartz sand, Nanoscale silica powder and N-dodecane mixed 15# white oil were selected as the raw materials, and a series of orthogonal experiments were designed. Concurrently, the main physical and mechanical parameters (volumetric weight γ, internal friction angle φ, cohesion c) of transparent cemented soil were measured, caused by the change of "particle size of quartz sand" and " mass ratios between fumed silica and fused quartz". Subsequently, multiple linear regression equations of various physical and mechanical parameters (γ, φ, c) were obtained by fitting the original test data. Finally, the rationality of multiple linear regression equations was proved. The research results indicated: (1) the volumetric weight changes from 16.13kN/m3 to 12.53kN/m3, the Internal friction angle is between 27.07° and 14.82°, and the cohesion varies from 31kPa to 2.3kPa, the parameters meet the similar requirements of the surrounding rock (grade ⅳ and ⅴ) and clay; (2) The values of Multiple R values (all greater than 0.88) and the Significance F value (all close to 0) proves the three regression equations were valid; (3) Combining the three regression equations and particle size of quartz sand, the mass ratio between fumed silica and fused quartz and geometry similarity constant were solved. All the conclusions mentioned could provide theoretical support and data reference for transparent soil model test implementation.