Experimental study reveals how consolidation degree impacts dynamic shear modulus and damping ratio in structural soft soils, suggesting predictive modeling implications.
To explore the characteristics of the dynamic shear modulus of structural soft soil, undisturbed structural soft from the floodplain of the Yangtze River in Nanjing was subjected to strain-controlled cyclic triaxial tests to investigate how the initial effective confining pressure ( σ ' m ), consolidation ratio ( k c ), and degree of consolidation ( U ) influence the maximum dynamic shear modulus G max and dynamic shear modulus ( G ) and damping ratio ( λ ). The results show that for this soil, G decreases with increasing shear strain amplitude ( γ ), and for a given γ , G increases with increasing σ ' m , k c , and U . Compared with soil from the Yangtze estuary, k c has a greater effect on G max of the floodplain structural soft soil. Finally, a modified Martin-Davidenkov model is proposed for predicting G / G max of floodplain structural soft soil under different σ ' m , k c , and U.
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