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Table 3 Specimen conditions and test results of the cyclic triaxial test to determine deformation properties of geomaterials

From: Investigation of the subsurface structure at the target site in Kumamoto, Japan, and the distributed data of the blind prediction exercise: report for the experiments for the 6th international symposium on effects of surface geology on seismic motion

Sample no.

Depth

Consolidation pressure

Density of soil particles

Specimen status

Initial condition

Before consolidation

After consolidation

Test results

Wet density

Water content

Dry density

Void ratio

Dry density

void ratio

Dry density

Void ratio

E0

\(\varepsilon_{a}\)

G0

\(\gamma_{r}\)

(m)

(kN/m2)

(g/cm3)

(g/cm3)

(%)

(g/cm3)

 

(g/cm3)

 

(g/cm3)

 

(MN/m2)

(%)

(MN/m2)

(%)

T-1

4.00 ~ 5.00

65

2.701

Bulk

1.367

125.9

0.605

3.464

0.608

3.442

0.638

3.236

31.7

1.01E-01

10.6

1.52E-01

T-2

7.65 ~ 8.65

90

2.479

Bulk

1.289

164.3

0.488

4.080

0.490

4.059

0.523

3.736

23.3

2.45E-01

7.8

3.67E-01

Tr-3

13.00 ~ 14.00

130

2.831

Frozen

1.912

25.9

1.519

0.864

1.536

0.843

1.558

0.817

170.7

4.48E-02

56.9

6.72E-02

Tr-4

20.00 ~ 21.00

200

2.782

Frozen

1.836

33.9

1.371

1.029

1.412

0.970

1.442

0.929

198.6

6.99E-02

66.2

1.05E-01

T-5

23.00 ~ 23.72

50

2.693

Bulk

1.501

86.3

0.806

2.341

0.807

2.337

0.850

2.168

94.7

1.34E-01

31.6

2.01E-01