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Laboratory research on stiffness of unsaturated soil in very small and small strain region
Mohyla, Tomáš ; Boháč, Jan (advisor) ; Herle, Ivo (referee) ; Panuška, Jakub (referee)
Unsaturated soils have come into focus of the geotechnical community in recent decades. They are commonly found in the interaction of structures with the geological environment. Laboratory tests are important to provide information on the behaviour of unsaturated soils and as a fundamental input for the design of engineering structures. Laboratory tests can also be used to design and calibrate numerical models describing the behaviour of unsaturated soils. One of the important input parameters of such models is the initial stiffness of the soil and its decrease with increasing strain. This thesis deals with a laboratory investigation of the stiffness of unsaturated soil in the regions of very small and small strains. The tested soil was a loess from the quarry near the village of Horky nad Jizerou, Central Bohemia, which represents a typical soil found in engineering practice. The soil was reconstituted for the purpose of laboratory tests. The maximum (initial) stiffness of the soil was determined from measurements using piezoelectric bender elements and the stiffness decay curves were measured using local strain transducers (LVDTs). The laboratory tests were carried out in a double-walled triaxial cell for unsaturated soils, mounted with a high air-entry value ceramic disc (HAEV). The triaxial...

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