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Dynamic mechanical behavior of frozen soil using smoothed particle hydrodynamics

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With the increasing number of projects in cold regions and the widespread use of artificial freezing methods, conducting research on the dynamic properties of frozen soil has become a considerable issue that cannot be avoided in permafrost engineering. Currently, the numerical simulation research on the dynamic mechanical behavior of frozen soil is less concerned with the changes in stress, strain, and particle damage inside the material. The necessary conditions for conducting this study are compatible with the core idea of smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH). In this study, the Eulerian SPH method was modified to address numerical oscillations and errors in solid mechanics, particularly impact dynamics problems. A numerical scheme for simulating the split Hopkinson pressure bar test was developed within the modified Eulerian SPH framework and implemented using self-programming. The frozen soil dynamic mechanical behavior was simulated under three strain rates. The accuracy and superiority of the SPH method were verified through calculations and experiments. The simulation captures the stress and strain responses within the sample at different moments during the impact process, indicating that the frozen soil strain rate-strengthening effect resulted from microcrack expansion and inertial effects.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Numbers 12272328 and 12202371), the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province (Grant Number 2022NSFSC0420), and the Opening Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering (Grant Number SKLFSE201918). We greatly appreciate to Yifei Jiao for supports in the SPH programming.

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    Mao Wang, Zhiwu Zhu & Tao Li

  2. Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

    Zhiwu Zhu

  3. Chongqing Architectural Design Institute Co.,Ltd., Chongqing, China

    Yue Ma

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MW contributed to investigation, data curation, formal analysis, methodology, writing—original draft, and writing—review and editing. ZZ contributed to conceptualization, supervision, funding acquisition, project administration, and writing—review and editing. YM contributed to investigation, formal analysis, validation, and writing—review and editing. TL contributed to conceptualization, supervision, funding acquisition, and writing—review and editing.

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Wang, M., Zhu, Z., Ma, Y. et al. Dynamic mechanical behavior of frozen soil using smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Comp. Part. Mech. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-024-00736-9

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