Soil liquefaction poses a significant risk to both human lives and property security. Recent in-situ cases have shown that clayey sand can experience multiple liquefaction events during mainshock-aftershock sequences, known as repeated liquefaction. While existing studies have focused on the cyclic behavior of initial liquefaction events, there is a lack of research on the mechanisms and cyclic response of repeated liquefaction in clayey sand. The factors that control repeated liquefaction in clayey sand are still not fully understood. In this study, a series of cyclic triaxial tests were conducted on sand with varying clay content (0 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 %, and 20 %) under earthquake sequences. The test results showed that the liquefaction resistance initially decreased significantly and then increased with the number of liquefaction events. Sands with higher clay content exhibited earlier recovery of resistance during continuous liquefaction events. The analysis of the test results revealed that the repeated liquefaction resistance of clayey sand was quite intricate. Sands with a relative density (after reconsolidation) below 80 % were primarily influenced by the degree of stress-induced anisotropy, while sands with a relative density above 80 % were mainly affected by relative density.

Triaxial tests are performed for remolded, artificially isotropic, and anisotropic structured samples under undrained conditions at confining pressures of 25, 100, and 200 kPa. Based on these test results, a binary-medium constitutive model is formulated based on homogenization theory and a breakage mechanism to describe the behaviors of structured soils. In this model, the binary-medium material is idealized as a representative volume element (RVE) composed of bonded elements, whose mechanical behaviors are expressed by the linearly elastic model, and frictional elements, whose mechanical behaviors are described by the double-yield surfaces constitutive model. The parameters of the bonded and frictional elements are determined from the test results of structured and remolded samples, respectively. The expressions for the breakage ratio and local stress coefficient matrix are introduced, and their parameters are provided. The computed results are compared with the test results, demonstrating that the model can reflect the main deformation features of structured soil relatively well, including the influence of anisotropy, gradual damage to particle bonding, and pore development.

Cohesive soils in nature are created under anisotropic stress and have various stress histories. Embankments generate greater vertical loads underground. Moreover, associated excavation activities can exacerbate the extensional stress state. This study investigated the effects of induced anisotropy on the shear modulus in saturated and unsaturated cohesive soils. A triaxial testing apparatus, equipped with local small strain (LSS) measurement devices and bender elements (BEs), was used to measure the small strain shear modulus. Two series of tests were conducted: (1) LSS and BE tests used specimens normally consolidated under a constant mean effective stress of p' = 300 kPa or net mean stress p net = 300 kPa with different stress ratios to investigate the effects of anisotropic consolidation. The values of the applied stress ratios, represented as K = r ' h / r ' v for the saturated soil and K net = ( r h - u a )/( r v - u a ) for the unsaturated soil, were 0.35, 0.43, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5. (2) BE tests used specimens consolidated under various mean effective stresses in the order of p' = 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 kPa, and swollen in reverse order under K of 0.35, 0.43, 0.6, and 1.0, to elucidate p' and the effects of the overconsolidation ratio (OCR). The results demonstrated that K -consolidation under constant p' produces large differences in initial shear modulus G 0 in saturated cohesive soil, but K net produces only slight differences in unsaturated cohesive soil because of the influence of strong matric suction. Finally, G 0 was normalized successfully considering the effects of void ratio e , K , and OCR. (c) 2024 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Japanese Geotechnical Society. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC -ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Directional-dependent properties of the soil, like shear strength, stiffness and hydraulic conductivity, are known as anisotropy in soils. Shape and size of the soil particles and void distribution as microstructure characteristics and external factors such as stress history, environmental and geological conditions, and present stress condition can be the causes of the anisotropy in soils. In this paper, the behaviour of soil has been studied in stress-strain plain under monotonic anisotropic loading to investigate the effect of induced anisotropy on brittleness index of soil sample. The brittleness index of the soil is defined as the difference between the ultimate and peak shear strength divided by the peak shear strength of the soil. The two major parameters describing induced anisotropy or anisotropic loading are intermediate principal stress (b) and principal stress direction (alpha) which are representative of the difference between intermediate, maximum and minimum principal stresses and the rotation angle of the principal stresses' axis, respectively. This paper only takes the effect of intermediate principal stress with the values of 0.25, 0.5, 0.75. In addition, the soil is in the unsaturated state with the saturation degree of 80% using the constant water (C.W.) method.