The stiffness degradation and damping ratio evolution of Taipei Silty Clay under cyclic straining |
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| Authors: | Chung-Jung Lee Sheau-Feng Sheu |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Civil Engineering, National Central University, No. 300, Jung-da Road, Chungli, Taoyuan 32054, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | The non-linear behavior of Taipei Silty Clay under cyclic strain loading was investigated through a series of undrained cyclic strain-controlled tests. The Ramberg–Osgood equation was used with our proposed stiffness degradation model to calculate degraded secant moduli. The proposed degradation model is simple in that it has only one more component than Idriss's model, the modulus ratio for the first cycle, which reflects the effects of the previous cyclic strain history and the current level of the cyclic strain amplitude, and can be used to describe softening and hardening behavior under irregular cyclic straining. It was found that the Ramberg–Osgood equation successfully predicts the damping ratio for small to medium strains. However, it overestimates the damping ratio for larger strains, so we suggest it can be corrected with a damping ratio index. In addition, the proposed equation for describing the evolution of the damping ratio provides the means to assess the variation for Taipei Silty Clay in the measured damping ratio with both the number of cycles and the strain amplitude. |
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| Keywords: | Stiffness degradation Damping ratio Backbone curve Cyclic undrained strain-controlled test |
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