Comparison of dynamic and static triaxial test on frozen silty clay of Qinghai-Tibet Railway

The dynamic and static strength of frozen silty clay are studied based on the results of the low-temperature dynamic and static triaxial test with samples taken from Qinghai-Tibet Railway. It is indicated that both of the dynamic and static strength increase with the decreasing temperature, and decrease with the increasing water content.The variation of static cohesion(c), dynamic cohesion (cd), static friction angle (φ) and dynamic friction angle (φd) is same as that of strength. The dynamic strength increases with the increasing confining pressure. The static deformation is divided into elastic and plastic stages. The static strength increases with the increasing confining pressure in the plastic stage, but there no such evidence in elastic stage. The increasing rate of static strength is slow and the plastic flow occurs in plastic stage. Dynamic friction angle decrease with the increasing vibration times, however dynamic cohesion varies slightly.