Abstract: A test procedure that involved shearing soil specimens at different shear rates was proposed to study the effect of shear rate on the strength recovery of three natural clays. The obtained results indicated that an increase ...

Abstract: The effects of pH on the liquefaction susceptibility of fine-grained soils were examined by performing undrained cyclic ring-shear tests on artificial mixtures and a natural soil under different pH conditions. Solutions ...

Abstract: This paper examines the validity of the plasticity index (PI) as a criterion for estimating the liquefaction potential of clayey soils under cyclic loading. The results of undrained cyclic stress-controlled ring-shear tests ...

Abstract: By conducting a series of shear-torque-controlled (STC) and shear-displacement-controlled (SDC) ring shear tests under undrained conditions, the effects of cyclic loading frequency, shear displacement rate, and overconsolidation ...

Abstract: The shearing behavior of saturated silty soils has been examined extensively by performing undrained and partially drained (the upper drainage valve of the shear box was open during shearing) ring-shear tests on mixtures ...