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Effects of fines content and plasticity on liquefaction resistance of sands.
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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering . Dec2021, Vol. 174 Issue 6, p697-706. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A detailed experimental programme was conducted to evaluate the liquefaction susceptibility of non-plastic and low-plasticity soils subjected to cyclic loading under undrained triaxial loading conditions. The study mainly focused on examining the influence of the amount of fines and plasticity indices on the liquefaction resistance of sands. After mixing silt and clay fractions into fine sand, 16 soil combinations were prepared. The silty sands contained up to 40% non-plastic fines and the low-plasticity soils contained a clay fraction of 5–40%. Each cylindrical soil specimen was constituted to a medium relative density and saturated specimens were subjected to a confinement pressure of 100 kPa. The consolidated specimens were then subjected to various levels of cyclic stress amplitudes using a sinusoidal wave load form at a frequency of 1 Hz. The results showed that both the non-plastic and low-plasticity clay soils were less resistant to liquefaction than the fine sand. The soils belonging to categories SM and SC (silty sand and clayey sand, respectively, as per Indian standard soil classifications) were susceptible to liquefaction if the fines passing through a 75 μm sieve were ≤ 40%, the liquid limit was ≤ 40%, the plasticity index was < 15 and the saturated water content was about 0.86 times the LL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13532618
- Volume :
- 174
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153820269
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeen.19.00270