Behavior of Marine Clay Subjected to Cyclic Loading with Sustained Shear Stress |
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Authors: | G Gerald Moses S Narasimha Rao |
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Institution: |
a Department of Civil Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry, India
b Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT-Madras, Chennai, India |
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Abstract: | Foundations of offshore structures are designed to withstand a combination of static and cyclic loads due to ocean waves. Wave action on offshore structures can cause a significant amount of cyclic horizontal and vertical forces to be transmitted to the soil through the foundation. In all these cases, these cyclic loads are considered to be superimposed over the initial sustained static stress due to the self-weight of structures. This study considers various factors that influence the development of deformation and pore water pressure in a typical cemented marine clay. These results show that the sustained static shear stress significantly influences the strength and deformation behavior of marine clay under cyclic loading. Up to a certain range of sustained static stress, there is an improvement in strength during cyclic loading and the cyclic strains are greatly reduced. |
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Keywords: | cyclic loading cyclic stress ratio marine clay monotonic strain controlled test shear strength sustained axial loading |
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