Abstract
The stress–strain characteristics of soil under monotonic loading conditions and the dynamic properties of soils under cyclic loading are necessary for foundation engineering, ground response analysis and soil structure interaction studies. In the absence of site/region-specific properties, it is a common practice to use representative parameters based on the index properties of soil and available standard correlations. Such correlations might be inadequate for regional soils of varying index properties. Based on monotonic and cyclic triaxial tests, this study reports the monotonic and dynamic soil properties of the prevalent soils from the northeastern region of India, namely the cohesionless, cohesive and silty-sandy soils. It is observed that monotonic response of cohesionless soil is mostly influenced by the initial relative density, while the response of cohesive and silty-sands are primarily influenced by the effective confining pressure and degree of saturation. The cyclic triaxial tests revealed that, irrespective of the soil type, the strain-dependent modulus reduction and especially the damping ratio curves are noticeably different from available standards. The study highlights the importance of identifying the site/region specific soil properties for their usage in GRA and SSI applications.
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