A strength criterion for frozen sodium sulfate saline soil

Salt content has been proven to be an important influencing factor on the mechanical properties of frozen saline soils, whose strength criterion is different from that of unfrozen saline soils or frozen soils without salts. In this paper, a series of conventional triaxial tests are carried out for frozen saline soils with sodium sulfate at a temperature of –6 °C. A strength criterion of the frozen saline soils, including the influence of salt content, is established by using the generalized nonlinear strength theory. Based on conventional triaxial test results, a modified hydrostatic pressure expression is proposed according to the critical strength function of the modified Cam clay model in the meridian plane. The influence of salt content on the shear strength of the frozen saline soils is investigated according to their freezing temperature curves as well as the formation of salt and ice crystals. The relationship between salt content and friction angle is analyzed. The proposed strength criterion of f...

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