STABILITY THRESHOLD FOR CYCLIC LOADING OF SATURATED CLAY
STABILITY THRESHOLD FOR CYCLIC LOADING OF SATURATED CLAY
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DOI:
10.1139/t89-013
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发表时间:
1989-02
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
G. Lefebvre;D. Leboeuf;Benoît Demers
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作者:
G. Lefebvre;D. Leboeuf;Benoît Demers
This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation performed to study the stability threshold under cyclic (repeated) loading, and the postcyclic static strength of a sensitive clay from the Hudson Bay region. The strain rate and structure effects were also studied by carrying out monotonic and cyclic triaxial tests at both slow and rapid strain rates or frequencies, and at confining pressures above and below the apparent preconsolidation pressure. The stability threshold for both structured and normally consolidated Grande Baleine clay is about 60–65% of the original undrained shear strength measured at the same strain rate as that used in the repeated loading test. The undrained shear strength and the failure envelope remain essentially unchanged if the repeated preloading is kept below the threshold. The clay structure remains unaltered by this preloading. Key words: clay, stability threshold, cyclic loading, earthquake, postcyclic strength.