Response of Partially Saturated Non-cohesive Soils

Waldemar Świdziński; Jacek Mierczyński; Agata Mikos

doi:10.1515/heem-2017-0012

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Response of Partially Saturated Non-cohesive Soils

Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics

Volume 64 (2017): Issue 3-4 (December 2017)

By: Waldemar Świdziński, Jacek Mierczyński and Agata Mikos

Open Access

|Apr 2018

Abstract

This paper analyses and discusses experimental results of undrained triaxial tests. The tests were performed on non-cohesive partially saturated soil samples subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading. The tests were aimed at determining the influence of saturation degree on soil’s undrained response (shear strength, excess pore pressure generation). The saturation of samples was monitored by checking Skempton’s parameter B. Additionally, seismic P-wave velocity measurements were carried out on samples characterized by various degrees of saturation. The tests clearly showed that liquefaction may also take place in non-cohesive soils that are not fully saturated and that the liquefaction potential of such soils strongly depends on the B parameter.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/heem-2017-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8687 | Journal ISSN: 1231-3726

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Page range: 187 - 207

Submitted on: Nov 27, 2017

Published on: Apr 4, 2018

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Keywords:

partial saturation,

liquefaction,

pore pressure generation,

triaxial conditions

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Volume 64 (2017): Issue 3-4 (December 2017)