Development of a method for experimental assessment of the degree of compaction of ground backfill of prefabricated metal corrugated structures of transport structures

Vitalii Kovalchuk; Artur Onyshchenko; Ihor Karnakov; Ivan Kravets; Roman Rybak

doi:10.14513/actatechjaur.00972

Authors

Vitalii Kovalchuk Department of Railway Transport, Lviv Polytechnic National University Stepan Bandera St. 12, 79013, Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-1756
Artur Onyshchenko Department of Bridges and Tunnels and Hydrotechnical Structures, National Transport University Mykhailа Omelianovycha-Pavlenka str., 1, 01010, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1040-4530
Ihor Karnakov Department of Bridges and Tunnels and Hydrotechnical Structures, National Transport University Mykhailа Omelianovycha-Pavlenka str., 1, 01010, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8751-9934
Ivan Kravets Department of Railway Transport, Lviv Polytechnic National University Stepan Bandera St. 12, 79013, Lviv, Ukraine
Roman Rybak Department of Transport Technologies, Lviv Polytechnic National University Stepan Bandera St. 12, 79013, Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0745-6620

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14513/actatechjaur.00972

Keywords:

transport structures made of metal corrugated structures, ground backfill, degree of soil compaction, wave speed

Abstract

The object of research is the degree of compaction of the ground backfill of transport structures made of prefabricated metal corrugated structures. An experimental method for estimating the degree of compaction of ground backfill of transport structures made of prefabricated metal corrugated structures has been developed. Based on the results of experimental studies, regularities of changes in the speed of propagation of sound waves of ground backfill of precast metal corrugated structures of transport structures depending on its density are obtained. It is established that with an increase in the degree of soil compaction, the speed of the sound wave of impact increases. Experimental studies of the speed of sound wave propagation were conducted in three series of experiments. When comparing compacted ground backfill with bulk density, in the first series of tests, the increase in wave speed was 31.09%, in the second series of tests, the increase in speed was 8.5%, and in the third series of experimental tests – 8.4 %. It is inserted that by increasing the speed of sound wave movement, it is possible to estimate the degree of compaction of ground backfill of transport structures made of prefabricated metal corrugated structures. This will ensure the standard degree of compaction of the ground backfill during its layer-by-layer filling and compaction, which has a direct impact on the load-bearing capacity and durability of transport structures made of metal corrugated structures.

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