Geomechanics and Engineering A
Volume 4, Number 2, 2012, pages 121-134
DOI: 10.12989/gae.2012.4.2.121
Liquefaction and post-liquefaction behaviour of a soft natural clayey soil
Siba Kheirbek-Saoud and Jean-Marie Fleureau*
Abstract
The paper presents the results of identification, monotonous and cyclic triaxial tests on a potentially liquefiable soil from the Guadeloupe island. The material is a very soft clayey soil whose susceptibility to liquefaction is not clear when referring to index properties such as grain size distribution, plasticity, etc. The classifications found in the literature indicate that the material has rather a
Key Words
soft clayey soil; index properties; cyclic triaxial tests; post-liquefaction recovery.
Address
Siba Kheirbek-Saoud : Faculty of Civil Engineering, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria
Jean-Marie Fleureau : Laboratoire de Mecanique des Sols, Structures & Materiaux Ecole Centrale Paris & CNRS UMR 8579, 92295 Chatenay Malabry, France