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Effects of Previous Deviatoric Strain Histories on the Undrained Behaviour of Hostun RF Loose Sand

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The effects of previous deviatoric strain histories on the undrained behaviour of very loose and saturated Hostun RF clean sand are investigated in this paper. From an initial isotropic stress state in the triaxial plane, strain histories are generated by isotropic consolidation followed by standard drained triaxial preshear or presheared cycle, either in compression or in extension, up to a desired value of axial strain or mobilized stress ratio. Deviatoric strain histories are achieved by having nearly the same void ratio at the beginning of the undrained shearing for all tested samples. Subsequent undrained behaviour in triaxial compression and extension is analyzed in detail. Previous deviatoric strain histories can progressively transform the compressive and unstable behaviour of loose sand into a dilative and stable behaviour of dense-like sand, while being loose. Experiments show a common response induced by recent strain histories in terms of effective stress paths, independently of the axial strain attained during the drained presheared cycle, a unique initial gradient of the effective stress paths, a progressive appearance of dilatancy, an evolution the undrained behaviour and a systematic partial static liquefaction associated with softer behaviour when sheared in the opposite direction of the initial presheared direction. This paper offers a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms of a specialized induced anisotropy created by simple linear stress paths in the classical triaxial plane.

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Part of this work was done with the financial support of the MENRT (French Educational Ministry of Research and Technology) to the second author. The authors would like to thank Prof. Ph. Dubujet from ENISE for fruitful discussions on this topic.

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Doanh, T., Finge, Z. & Boucq, S. Effects of Previous Deviatoric Strain Histories on the Undrained Behaviour of Hostun RF Loose Sand. Geotech Geol Eng 30, 697–712 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-011-9487-9

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