Stiffness degradation of marine soft clay under monotonic and cyclic loadings

LU Su-jie; TONG Jun-hao; PAN Kun; YUAN Zong-hao; PAN Xiao-dong; SHI Li; HE Ben

doi:10.11779/CJGE2020S1023

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Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering > 2020 > 42(S1): 116-120. > DOI: 10.11779/CJGE2020S1023

LU Su-jie, TONG Jun-hao, PAN Kun, YUAN Zong-hao, PAN Xiao-dong, SHI Li, HE Ben. Stiffness degradation of marine soft clay under monotonic and cyclic loadings[J]. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 2020, 42(S1): 116-120. DOI: 10.11779/CJGE2020S1023

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Stiffness degradation of marine soft clay under monotonic and cyclic loadings

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POWERCHINA Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou 311122, China
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College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China

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Received Date: June 01, 2020
Available Online: December 07, 2022

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A series of undrained monotonic and cyclic triaxial tests are conducted on Jiaxing intact marine soft clay by using a testing system combined with triaxial apparatus and bender element to investigate the small strain shear modulus and stiffness degradation of isotropically consolidated soft clay. The results indicate that the small strain shear modulus decreases and then increases under monotonic loading, but it tends to decrease continuously under cyclic loading. At medium to large strains, the normalized equivalent modulus of saturated soft clay decreases gradually with the development of single-amplitude cyclic strain with a larger degradation rate than the monotonic secant modulus. In addition, a fairly unique relationship exists between the cyclic degraded stiffness and small strain shear modulus, which is barely affected by the initial confining pressure and cyclic stress condition. The findings obtained in this study can provide the basis for the design of offshore structures in this area, and can also be used as a reference in other engineering projects.
- marine soft clay,
- monotonic loading,
- cyclic loading,
- small strain shear modulus,
- stiffness degradation

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