TY - GEN
T1 - Strain-rate dependency of shear strength for a highly overconsolidated clay
AU - Han, Jian
AU - Dano, Christophe
AU - Hicher, Pierre Yves
AU - Yin, Zhen Yu
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - The paper summarizes the results from undrained triaxial compression tests on Merville clay, a highly over-consolidated clay at Merville in the north of France. The specimens were prepared in four different over-consolidation ratios (OCR=7, 14, 28, 56) and, for each OCR, undrained shear tests were performed using three or four axial strain rates varying from 0.26 %/h to 25.89 %/h. The strain-rate dependency of the undrained stress level q/qf, the pore pressure, the effective stress path and the stress ratio q/p' were investigated. The undrained shear strength was found to increase with the strain rate. The shear band formation during loading was observed for all strain rates. For each OCR test series, a linear relationship between the normalized peak deviatoric stress and the strain rate was obtained in the semi-logarithm plane. As OCR increases, the slope of best-fitting line for the linear relationship increases. Therefore, the strain rate influence on the normalized undrained shear strength is greater for higher OCRs.
AB - The paper summarizes the results from undrained triaxial compression tests on Merville clay, a highly over-consolidated clay at Merville in the north of France. The specimens were prepared in four different over-consolidation ratios (OCR=7, 14, 28, 56) and, for each OCR, undrained shear tests were performed using three or four axial strain rates varying from 0.26 %/h to 25.89 %/h. The strain-rate dependency of the undrained stress level q/qf, the pore pressure, the effective stress path and the stress ratio q/p' were investigated. The undrained shear strength was found to increase with the strain rate. The shear band formation during loading was observed for all strain rates. For each OCR test series, a linear relationship between the normalized peak deviatoric stress and the strain rate was obtained in the semi-logarithm plane. As OCR increases, the slope of best-fitting line for the linear relationship increases. Therefore, the strain rate influence on the normalized undrained shear strength is greater for higher OCRs.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784413388.035
DO - 10.1061/9780784413388.035
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:84903287270
SN - 9780784413388
T3 - Geotechnical Special Publication
SP - 343
EP - 352
BT - Soil Behavior and Geomechanics - Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the 2014 GeoShanghai International Congress
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 2014 GeoShanghai International Congress: Soil Behavior and Geomechanics
Y2 - 26 May 2014 through 28 May 2014
ER -