WIT Press

Small-strain Soil Behavior Parameters For Site Response Analyses

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

41

Pages

10

Published

1999

Size

1,064 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/ERES990341

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

G. Lanzo & M. Vucetic

Abstract

Cyclic simple shear tests were conducted on specimens of reconstituted clean sand and undisturbed high-plasticity clay. The presentation is focused on the secant shear modulus and damping ratio in the small strain range. The variation of these parameters with confining pressure, cyclic shear strain amplitude, stress history and frequency of cyclic loading is investigated. Experimental data are presented in the format that can be utilized for seismic response analyses. 1 Introduction The accurate knowledge of the stress-strain characteristics of soils under cyclic loading at small strains is of primary importance for the response of soil depo

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