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Shear modulus and damping in soils: measurement and parameter effects
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In this paper, the authors studied the effect of varying rates of increase or decrease in the rate of increase and decrease of decrease in a set of parameters, such as the severity of the strain, the degree of SATURATION, the number of cycles of loading, and the ratio of cycles of loading.Abstract:
BASED ON NUMEROUS TESTS ON A SPECTRUM OF DISTURBED AND UNDISTURBED SOILS, THE SHEAR MODULUS DECREASES AND THE DAMPING RATIO INCREASES VERY RAPIDLY WITH INCREASING STRAIN AMPLITUDE. THE RATE OF INCREASE OR DECREASE DEPENDS ON MANY PARAMETERS: EFFECTIVE MEAN PRINCIPAL STRESS; DEGREE OF SATURATION; VOID RATIO; AND NUMBER OF CYCLES OF LOADING. AMBIENT STATES OF OCTAHEDRAL SHEAR STRESS, OVERCONSOLIDATION RATIO, EFFECTIVE STRENGTH ENVELOPE, FREQUENCY OF LOADING, AND TIME EFFECTS HAVE A LESS IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON THESE PROPERTIES. COHESIVE SOILS ARE AFFECTED DIFFERENTLY THAN CLEAN SANDS. THE APPARATUS USED TO MEASURE SHEAR MODULUS AND DAMPING MUST BE CAPABLE OF MAKING ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS AT VERY SMALL SHEARING STRAINS, THE RANGE BEING DEFINED BY PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN EARTHQUAKE AND FOUNDATION VIBRATIONS. A PSEUDO STATIC SIMPLE SHEAR APPARATUS AND TWO DIFFERENT RESONANT COLUMN APPARATUS WERE USED. /AUTHOR/read more
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