Shear Strength Degradation

of
Vibrated Dry Sands
Nicolas Denies, Alain Holeyman,
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 95(2017)106-117

Selda DURMAZ
Advanced Soil Mechanics II
May,2017
2 Outline
Introduction
Motivation and Aim
Effects of Vibrations on Volume Change of Dry Sands
Effects of Vibration on Internal Friction of Dry Sands
Convection Motion
Conclusion

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 Introduction
3
Researchers work on saturated granular soils
Results highlighted the liquefaction and cyclic mobility

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 Introduction
4
Fluidization of soil

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 Motivation and Aim
5
Earthquake resistant design
Vibrocompaction and vibrodriving

Poorly understood mechanism

Industrial processess
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 Effects of Vibrations on Volume
6
Change of Dry Sands
Experimental observations for horizontal vibrations
Horizontal vibrations densify the sand
Duration of vibration/ rate of compaction is important for void
ratio
No decompaction, segregation, convection is observed
Experimental observations for vertical vibrations
Densification behaviour for aearthquake/g<1
Instability surface behaviour for aearthquake/g~1
Vibrofluid behaviour for aearthquake/g>1

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 Effects of Vibration on Internal
7 Friction of Dry Sands
Experimental observations for horizontal vibrations
Decreasing internal friction angle with increasing vibration

Experimental observations for vertical vibrations

Vibrofluidization decreases the shear resistance
Densification behaviour for aearthquake/g<1

Instability surface behaviour for aearthquake/g~1

Vibrofluid behaviour for aearthquake/g>1

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 Convection Motion
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Container subjected to vertical vibration
Gravitation prevents the displcement of grains
Relative displcements occure between container and grains

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9 Conclusion
Investigation the influence of vibration on dry sands
Equilibrium void ratio, (minimum void ratio at a certain acceleration)
Critical void ratio, (a certain void ratio where sand can flow constant void
ratio)
Amplitude of acceleration
Shear strength of soil
Direction of vibration
Pore water pressure in saturated sands = Shaking pressure in dry sands
Liquefaction and cyclic mobility in saturated sands=vibrofluidization in
dry sands
Increase in normal pressure oppose to densification and shear strength
reduction
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