Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
29 Mar 2001, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
In the present paper, experimental investigations of dynamic behavior of soils under periodic loading are conducted. Investigations include two aspects. First, effect of confining pressure and loading frequency on soil dynamic behavior and stress-strain relation is studied. Second, effect of confining pressure, loading frequency and amplitude of cyclic shear stress on soil viscosity is investigated. In the first aspect, based on test curves, physical nonlinearity shown in soil stress-strain relation suggests that physical parameters of soil materials are not constant. For example, soil elastic parameters can be a function of cyclic shear strain, confining pressure and loading frequency. In the second aspect, investigation of nonlinear viscosity of soils is focused. Soil viscosity is not assumed to be a constant. In other words, soils behave as non-Newtonian viscous material. Soil samples are used to conduct torsional shear tests under cyclic loading with two different testing conditions. The two testing conditions result in two groups of results that demonstrate nonlinear behavior of soil viscosity under repeated loading. Tests results from the two groups are discussed and analyzed to reach two expressions of soil viscosity. One is expressed as a function of cell pressure, cyclic shear stress and shear strain. The other is written in terms of loading frequency, cyclic strain and cell pressure. Parameters in the two expressions are calibrated from test data using curve fitting technique.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Li, Jiang, "Soil Viscous Behavior in Response to Torsional Cyclic Loading" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session01/1
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Soil Viscous Behavior in Response to Torsional Cyclic Loading
San Diego, California
In the present paper, experimental investigations of dynamic behavior of soils under periodic loading are conducted. Investigations include two aspects. First, effect of confining pressure and loading frequency on soil dynamic behavior and stress-strain relation is studied. Second, effect of confining pressure, loading frequency and amplitude of cyclic shear stress on soil viscosity is investigated. In the first aspect, based on test curves, physical nonlinearity shown in soil stress-strain relation suggests that physical parameters of soil materials are not constant. For example, soil elastic parameters can be a function of cyclic shear strain, confining pressure and loading frequency. In the second aspect, investigation of nonlinear viscosity of soils is focused. Soil viscosity is not assumed to be a constant. In other words, soils behave as non-Newtonian viscous material. Soil samples are used to conduct torsional shear tests under cyclic loading with two different testing conditions. The two testing conditions result in two groups of results that demonstrate nonlinear behavior of soil viscosity under repeated loading. Tests results from the two groups are discussed and analyzed to reach two expressions of soil viscosity. One is expressed as a function of cell pressure, cyclic shear stress and shear strain. The other is written in terms of loading frequency, cyclic strain and cell pressure. Parameters in the two expressions are calibrated from test data using curve fitting technique.
