Li, Y, Yang, Y, Yu, H-S et al. (1 more author) (2016) Undrained Soil Behavior under Bidirectional Shear. In: Wang, C, Chang, D and Ameen, HK, (eds.) Geotechnical Special Publication. 4th GeoChina International Conference, 25-27 Jul 2016, Shandong, China. American Society of Civil Engineers , pp. 232-239. ISBN 978-0-7844-8008-3
Abstract
In practice, the soil is subject to more than one shear stress in many cases. For instance, the soil in an embankment is subject to a static shear stress along sloping direction, and the sloping direction is usually different from the direction of an earthquake loading. Therefore, there is a necessity to investigate undrained soil behaviors under shear stresses along multiple directions. This paper employs the first commercially available bidirectional direct simple shear apparatus (VDDCSS) to investigate the soil responses of Leighton Buzzard sand under two directional shear stresses. Sand samples are first subject to a static shear stress under drained conditions along different directions from 0° to 180°, followed by a monotonic or cyclic shear stress along 0° until failure occurs. In static tests, the soil strength is the lowest when the angle between these two shear stresses is near 90°, and the strength is the highest at 0°. In addition, a smaller angle leads to a more brittle response, and a greater angle leads to a more ductile response. In dynamic tests, liquefaction resistance is decreased from the angle of 0° to 90°, and then increased from 90° to 180°.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, ASCE. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Geotechnical Special Publications. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) > Institute for Resilient Infrastructure (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2017 10:57 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2018 01:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Society of Civil Engineers |
Identification Number: | 10.1061/9780784480083.029 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122571 |