Site Specific Relationship for Strain Dependent Shear Modulus and Damping Using In Situ V S and High Strain Cyclic Test Results

2016-08-18
Zehtab, Kaveh Hassan
Yılmaz, Mustafa Tolga
This study suggests a practical method for estimating site-specific strain dependent shear modulus and damping. The method uses in-situ shear wave velocity measurements and commercial cyclic laboratory tests on higher strains (i.e., 0.5% to 1%) in which the effect of disturbance is less significant. Shear modulus calculated using in-situ shear wave velocity and at higher cyclic shear strain, is used for building a hyperbolic relationship for shear stress and strain. Modified Masing's rule and the experimental hysteretic damping at that higher strain are used to create strain dependent damping relationship. As a result, the effects of sample disturbance on lab test results are reduced, and the number of laboratory tests decreases significantly.
4th Geo-Chicago Conference: Sustainable Materials and Resource Conservation (14 - 18 Ağustos 2016)

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Citation Formats
K. H. Zehtab and M. T. Yılmaz, “Site Specific Relationship for Strain Dependent Shear Modulus and Damping Using In Situ V S and High Strain Cyclic Test Results,” presented at the 4th Geo-Chicago Conference: Sustainable Materials and Resource Conservation (14 - 18 Ağustos 2016), Chicago, USA, 2016, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/72216.