Experimental Study on the Gmax Characteristics of the Sand-Silt Mixed Soil Materials Using Bender Element Testing

Materials(2022)

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To study the small strain shear modulus (Gmax) of saturated sand-silt mixed soil materials, a series of tests were conducted using the bender element apparatus, and the influences of fines content (FC), relative density (Dr), and effective confining pressure (σ′3c) were taken into consideration. The test results indicate that the Gmax of the mixed soil materials decreases first and then increases with the FC up to 100% with Dr = 35% and 50%, while the Gmax decreases with the increasing FC when Dr = 60%. Moreover, for a given Dr, the Gmax increases with the increasing σ′3c, and the increase rate keeps constant under various FCs. The Gmax of specimens under various FCs decreases with the increase of the void ratio (e). The decrease rate between the Gmax and e differs when the σ′3c is given, which is influenced by the FC. The Gmax of the mixed soil materials can be evaluated by the Hardin model when the FC is determined. The best-fitting parameter A of the Hardin model first decreases and then increases as FC increases. The revised Hardin model, considering the influence of FC, σ′3c, and e, can be used to evaluate the Gmax for different types of sand-silt mixed soil materials. The error between the evaluated and tested Gmax is less than 10%.
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sand-silt mixed soil materials, small-strain shear modulus, fines content, revised Hardin model
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