
The excess pore water pressure is main factor affecting the dynamic response of saturated soft clay under traffic loads. Recognize that, cyclic triaxial tests with and without cyclic confining pressure were carried out to study the development of excess pore water pressure of saturated soft clay. The impacts of factors, such as cyclic stress ratio (CSR), loading frequency, and cyclic confining pressure, were analyzed. Excess pore water pressure increases with increasing cyclic stress ratios, while decreases with increasing loading frequencies. Nevertheless, with increasing cyclic confining pressures, the maximum excess pore water pressure increases, while the minimum excess pore water pressure remains unchanged. Besides that, the greater CSR and cyclic confining pressure deliver an increment of both maximum and minimum excess pore water pressure rate. However, the excess pore water pressure rate - time curves coincide under different loading frequencies. Meanwhile, both the normalized maximum and minimum excess pore water pressure rates are linearly proportional with time under different test conditions in logarithmic coordinates. Based on that, both maximum and minimum excess pore water pressure prediction models, relating to the above factors, are proposed, and the predicted results accord well with the measured data.
cyclic triaxial test, cyclic confining pressure, frequency, Science, Q, saturated soft clay, excess pore water pressure
cyclic triaxial test, cyclic confining pressure, frequency, Science, Q, saturated soft clay, excess pore water pressure
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