Dynamic Characteristics of Saturated Soft Clay under Constant Confining Pressure Cyclic Loading

Abstract

The research on the dynamic characteristics of soft clay under cyclic loading has high value. This paper takes Ningbo saturated soft clay as the research object and uses the GCTS true triaxial test system to analyze the effects of consolidated confining pressure and cyclic deviator stress on the axial cumulative strain. The experimental results found that when the number of vibrations and the cyclic stress ratio are the same, the axial cumulative plastic strain increases with the increase of the consolidation confining pressure. When the dynamic stress amplitude is the same, the axial cumulative strain decreases with the increase of the consolidation confining pressure. Under different confining pressures, as the number of vibrations increases, the cumulative axial strain increases. The development law of axial cumulative strain under different cyclic stress ratios is inconsistent, and there is a critical cyclic stress ratio. The experimental results provide a certain reference for engineering seismic design.