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Dynamic shear stiffness and damping ratio of marine calcareous and siliceous sands

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Shear stiffness and damping ratio of two marine calcareous and siliceous sands were evaluated through an experimental program. Resonant column and cyclic triaxial experiments were conducted to measure the dynamic properties of the sands in small and large shear strain amplitudes. The tests were conducted under various initial stress-density conditions. The influence of effective confining pressure on the dynamic properties of the sands was assessed and compared in a preceding paper. It was shown that the calcareous sand has higher shear stiffness and lower damping ratio in comparison to the siliceous sand. In this note, the results are presented in more details and the dynamic behavior curves of the studied sands are compared with some available models, mostly developed based on the laboratory data of siliceous sands. This comparative study  reveals that the previous models predict the dynamic properties of the calcareous sand in less precision than those of the siliceous sand.

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This paper presents part of a research project funded by International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) of Iran under Contract No. AM-7/507-6723-545, and this support is gratefully acknowledged.

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  2. Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, P.O. Box 19395-3913, Tehran, Iran

    Yaser Jafarian

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Javdanian, H., Jafarian, Y. Dynamic shear stiffness and damping ratio of marine calcareous and siliceous sands. Geo-Mar Lett 38, 315–322 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-018-0535-9

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