Cyclic Response of Loose Anisotropically Consolidated Calcareous Sand under Progressive Wave–Induced Elliptical Stress Paths
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 146, Issue 12
Abstract
Observations of the performance of coastal and marine structures in weather events that produce standing and/or progressive waves have pointed to liquefaction of the seabed as a contributing cause of damage. The cyclic response of marine sediments under wave loading can serve to improve the understanding of seabed liquefaction triggering and its consequences. This paper presents the results of an experimental study of the cyclic behavior of loose isotropically and anisotropically consolidated calcareous sand under elliptical stress paths representing progressive waves. Various ratios, , of the axial stress difference and torsional shear stress amplitudes were investigated in a hollow-cylinder torsional shear apparatus. The results indicate that the failure mode of isotropically and anisotropically consolidated (IC and AC, respectively) specimens are cyclic mobility and residual deformation failure, respectively. The difference in the observed failure mode appears to be related to particle shape and is independent of . However, the cyclic resistance of the calcareous sand is strongly influenced by and increases with decreasing consolidation stress ratio, . The cyclic resistance of IC specimens is relatively independent of the orientation of elliptical stress paths, whereas the AC specimens exhibited a marked dependence. The terminal peak excess pore pressure ratio, , and shear work required for cyclic failure, , are independent of ; however, and increases with increasing and decreasing , respectively. Moreover, the relationship between the normalized peak excess pore pressure ratio and normalized shear work is related to the type of soil, but is independent of and .
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Acknowledgments
This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51379067 and 51679072), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2018B43214), the Funds for International Cooperation and Exchange of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51420105013), the State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety of Tianjin University (Grant No. HESS-1605), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (Grant No. IRT_15R17), and the 111 Project (Grant No. B13024). The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers whose comments served to improve the paper.
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