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t m = (ln(
2
)
ln(
?
))/(
?
) with
2
= 1
u 0 (
?
) /
0
(16.31b)
Thereafter, the pore pressure attenuates to zero. The parameters u 0 ,
0 , and
can
be determined by special laboratory tests and
?
by a special field test. In detail,
=
3 c v /d 2 with c v the consolidation coefficient and d the layer thickness.
Here,
n crit the densification 60 ,
?
= (1
n )
/
n with n the porosity,
n = n field
0
' is obtained from tests (see Fig
16.19c) and f N = 1/ T c is the cyclic frequency. The factor r = 0.65 relates the triaxial
stress configuration to the one-dimensional situation. N l is the number of cycles when
liquefaction in the undrained triaxial test occurs. It depends on the loading intensity
characterised by the stress ration
'
and
the compressibility.
0 = f N r
' 0 /N l with
^ is the amplitude of shear loading). In Fig
16.19c, 4 such tests are shown. Here, sand samples from a location are prepared under
various densities; initial porosity in test (1) is 0.40, in (2) 0.38, in (3) 0.42, and in (4)
0.39.
^ /
' 0 (
A: undrained
A: undrained
A: undrained
A: undrained
u J
u J
u J
u J
u J
u J
@
@
@
B: drained
B: drained
B: drained
B: drained
C:presheared
C:presheared
C:presheared
C:presheared
presheared
presheared
presheared
J
J
J
J
u 0 J
u 0 J
u 0 J
u 0 J
u 0 0
u 0 0
u 0 0
u 0 0
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
t or NT c
t or NT c
t or NT c
t or NT c
t or NT c
t or NT c
t m
t m
t m
(a) laboratory test observations (b) a simple 1D model
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
due to strain
localisation
in the test
due to strain
localisation
in the test
u/ ' 0
u/ ' 0
u/ ' 0
u/ ' 0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
'
'
'
'
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
due to initial
effects
due to initial
effects
u 0 / ' 0
u 0 / ' 0
u 0 / ' 0
u 0 / ' 0
N/N l
N/N l
N/N l
N/N l
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
^
(c) cyclic undrained triaxial tests at specific value of
/ ' 0 ;
N number of cycles, N l number at liquefaction
Figure 16.19 Liquefaction phenomena
60 n crit the density at zero contraction/dilation, can be measured in the lab. In fact, ? =
(1
' the ratio of volume strain rate and 0 .
The assumption ' = probably is a safe approximation.
n ) 0
'/
n with
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