Abstract
Unsaturated aeolian sand is the main railway/highway sandy subgrade filling material in the desert area of Alashan, Inner Mongolia. In recent years, the extreme climate events frequently happen in Inner Mongolia. Under the extreme rainfall conditions in the desert area, the rainfall infiltration process and the unsaturated state evolution of aeolian sand subgrade is significant to the hydraulic behavior distribution and the deformation development under traffic loading.In this study, the SWCC (soil-water characteristic curve) parameters of aeolian sand was firstly calculated and discussed through van Genuchten model and the linear approach. Then a unified framework was proposed to describe the hydraulic behavior evolution of aeolian sand subgrade under extreme rainfall. Considering the effect of soil properties and rainfall conditions on infiltration process of aeolian sand subgrade, a normalized SWCC model was established. An analytical model of maximum infiltration depth for aeolian sand subgrade affected by extreme rainfall was further developed. Lastly, the numerical simulation results of the maximum infiltration depth for aeolian sand subgrade under an extreme rainfall event verified the correctness of the analytical model. This research can lay a foundation for studying the hydro-mechanical coupling behavior of sandy subgrade in desert areas.
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