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Residual-state creep behavior of typical clayey soils

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Few researchers have studied the creeping displacement behavior of clayey soils using a triaxial compression cell and oedometer; however, in most cases, they have concentrated on the pre-peak state of shear. Clayey soil from a landslide is assumed to have already reached the residual-state, necessitating a study on residual strength to understand the creeping displacement behavior of clayey soils from landslides. In this work, an existing torsional ring shear apparatus was modified to understand the creeping displacement behaviors of typical clayey soil. The newly developed creep test apparatus is capable of measuring the displacement with respect to time under the application of a constant creep stress. This paper focuses mainly on residual-state creep behaviors of typical clayey soils. Residual-state creep failure prediction curves are also proposed, which may be used to predict failure time and displacement of creeping landslides in the future.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank three anonymous reviewers for comments made on an earlier version of this manuscript. Their suggestions have been of great help and enhanced the quality of this work. We are very grateful to Associate Professor Ranjan K. Dahal of the Tribhuban University, Nepal, for his skill and patience in editing the manuscripts. The authors would also like to thank Rose Terry (NC, USA) for help with the English. The authors wish to thank Associate Professor Jinghe Tan of the College of Civil and Construction Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, China for his valuable support and advice during the experiments. We also wish to thanks to Technical Assistant Mr. Osamu Futagami, for his support to setup, repair and maintenance of the creep testing apparatus. We would like to acknowledge the Special Graduate Course on Disaster Mitigation Study for Asian Students, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan, for funding the project.

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    Deepak R. Bhat, N. P. Bhandary & R. Yatabe

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Bhat, D.R., Bhandary, N.P. & Yatabe, R. Residual-state creep behavior of typical clayey soils. Nat Hazards 69, 2161–2178 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0799-3

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