Dynamic Behaviors of Mucky Clay Material under Cyclic Loads

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A series of consolidated-undrained (CU) triaxial compression tests and dynamic triaxial tests on mucky clay material were performed in the present paper, and the dynamic behaviors of mucky clay material for different dynamic stress amplitudes and initial static deviator stresses were studied. It is indicated that both the accumulated strain and the pore water pressure increase rapidly with increasing number of cycles. While after a certain number of cycles, the accumulated strain tends to be stable and there is enough time for the equilibrium of pore water pressure. Results also show that the influences of dynamic stress amplitudes and initial static deviator stresses on the accumulated plastic strain and pore water pressure of the mucky clay material are significant.

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