Cyclic and post-cyclic shear behavior of low-plasticity silt with varying clay content |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, Hunan, China;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA;3. State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China;1. School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China;2. Foshan Transportation Science and Technology Limited Company, Foshan, Guangdong, China;3. National Engineering Laboratory for Construction Technology of High Speed Railway, Changsha, Hunan, China;1. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Rd., Wuhan, 430070, PR China;2. School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Rd., Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China;1. Geotechnical Engineering Research Division, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Goyang, Korea;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea |
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| Abstract: | This paper investigates the cyclic and post-cyclic shear behavior of low-plasticity silt and the impact of additional clay content. Bentonite clay was added to the low-plasticity Mississippi River Valley (MRV) silt (PI=6) to increase the clay content of the soil. A series of triaxial tests were conducted in the laboratory to examine the shear and pore pressure behavior during and after cyclic loading. As the bentonite content in the reconstituted specimens increased, the excess pore pressure developed at a slower rate and the total excess pore pressure decreased at the end of cyclic loading. In contrast to the MRV silt, the specimens modified with bentonite experienced cyclic softening rather than initial flow liquefaction. The cyclic shear strength increased with an increase in bentonite content. The post-cyclic reconsolidation behavior was a similar to a virgin compression process, and not recompression. Adding bentonite to the MRV silt results in changes in permeability, compressibility, undrained shear strength, and initial stiffness. Additionally, the cyclic loading had a marked effect on the shear behavior of low-plasticity soil with a PI<6, but not noticeable with a PI>6. This study suggests that the behavior of the Mississippi River Valley silt changes from contractive sand-like material to clay-like behavior at a PI≈6 due to the addition of clay. |
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| Keywords: | Low-plasticity fine-grained soil Cyclic behavior Post-cyclic shear behavior Plasticity index |
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