Characterization of Liquefaction Susceptibility of Sands by Means of Extreme Void Ratios and/or Void Ratio Range
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 135, Issue 12
Abstract
The liquefaction susceptibility of various graded fine to medium saturated sands are evaluated by stress controlled cyclic triaxial laboratory tests. Cyclic triaxial tests are performed on reconstituted specimens having global relative density of 60%. In all cyclic triaxial tests, loading pattern is selected as a sinusoidal wave form with 1.0 Hz frequency and effective consolidation pressure is chosen as 100 kPa. Liquefaction resistance is defined as the required cyclic stress ratio causing initial liquefaction in 10 cycles during the cyclic triaxial test. The results are used to draw conclusions on the effect of the extreme void ratios and void ratio range on the liquefaction resistance of various graded sands.
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Acknowledgments
The research is carried out at the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of Technical Research and Quality Control Laboratory of State Hydraulic Works (DSI). The writers gratefully acknowledge presidency of State Hydraulic Works for the permission to use the test facilities.
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Volume 135 • Issue 12 • December 2009
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Received: Jul 29, 2008
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