ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Modeling of Shakedown Accumulation
of Secondary Deformation of Granular
Soils Subjected to Low-Amplitude
High-Cycle Loading
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State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics Department of Geology Northwest University,
Xi’an, 710069, the People’s Republic of China
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Shaanxi Expressway Testing & Measuring Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710086, the People’s Republic of China
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China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute Co., Ltd.,
Wuhan 430050, the People’s Republic of China
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State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, the People’s Republic of China
Submission date: 2024-01-04
Final revision date: 2024-03-10
Acceptance date: 2024-05-13
Online publication date: 2024-09-10
Corresponding author
Yong Wang
State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, the People’s Republic of China
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ABSTRACT
The progressive accumulation of secondary deformation, occurring incrementally under lowamplitude,
high-cycle loading in soils, can lead to significant displacement of foundations. This study
has developed a novel phenomenological model to describe the shakedown accumulation behavior
of secondary deformation in granular soils subjected to low-amplitude, high-cycle loading. Firstly,
gradual densification of granular packing yields an average volume strain that obeys a logarithmic law
as the cyclic loading persists. A log-hyperbolic function, constrained by a limit, is reasonable, considering
that the strain will reach a steady state of finite value as the cycle number approaches infinity. Secondly,
cyclic loadings with average stress induce the accumulation of strain in the direction of average stress
as the cycle number increases. This has been incorporated into the well-known modified
Cam-clay model. Lastly, the proposed model has been calibrated using data obtained from undrained
and drained cyclic triaxial tests conducted on uniformly fine-grained sands. The results suggest that
the model effectively exhibits important features of the accumulation of both volumetric and deviatoric
deformation induced by drained cyclic loading over a large number of cycles.