Cyclic behavior of soft offshore clays at small to large strains

Alessandro Pagliaroli, Alessandra Avalle, Paolo Tommasi, Francesca Budillon, Giuseppe Lanzo
Abstract:
Two soft offshore clays, recovered from the Adriatic shelf and the Tyrrhenian shelf margin (Italy), were subjected to cyclic simple shear tests. The influence of the cyclic shear strain amplitude as well as of vertical stress, void ratio and stress history on stiffness and damping properties of the soils, in a wide strain range (i.e. from 10-4 % to more than 1%), is examined and discussed. The role of soil structure on the cyclic behavior is also explored.
Keywords:
Soft Offshore Clay, Simple Shear Test, Soil Structure, Small Strain, Stiffness
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 International Workshop on Metrology for Geotechnics 2016
Title:

1st IMEKO TC4 International Workshop on Metrology for Geotechnics

Place:
Benevento, ITALY
Time:
17 March 2016 - 18 March 2016