Investigation of sand liquefaction potential in cyclic triaxial test and some premilinary research results in Vietnam

Abstract

In the world, cyclic triaxial tests are widely used to evaluate the liquefaction potential of soil and determine the cyclic parameters for seismic design. However, the application of cyclic trixial test for evaluation of soil liquefaction is still limited in Vietnam. This paper introduced the cyclic triaxial apparatus, method and testing procedure to access the liquefaction potential of sand under cyclic loading. The research on some saturated sandy soils with high fine-grained content in Vietnam showed that the research results of soil liquefaction potential is reliable. In which, the liquefaction characteristics of sand are evaluated based on the changes of stress, strain and pore water pressure according to the cyclic cycles, thereby determining the liquefaction point and liquefaction boundary for fine sandy soils at different density levels.