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Effects of earthquake induced rates of shearing on residual soil strength
Parathiras, Achilleas N.
Rolla, Missouri : University of Missouri - Rolla, Proceedings: Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics April 2-7, 1995, Volume III, St. Louis, Missouri. Paper No. 1.28, University of Missouri, Rolla, 1995-04, PDF
The behavior of soils when sheared at high rates of displacement, such as those which may be induced by earthquakes, has been investigated by means of the ring shear apparatus. Plastic and non-plastic soils were tested normally and over-consolidated, remoulded and dry, submerged and non-submerged in water, in order to assess the effect which the stress history and the presence of water in the matrix and the environment of the sample have on its response upon fast shearing. It was concluded that two types of behavior exist which depend on the nature of each sample and the presence of water in its environment.
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