The dynamic properties of natural sands with fines and artificially prepared mixtures of a sand with fines were investigated at small to intermediate shear strains (10-6 - 10-3), using a resonant-column apparatus. The influence of physical characteristics, fines content and strain level on the shear modulus and damping ratio are studied and discussed in the paper.

  • Introduction

  • Tested soils

  • Small-strain behaviour

  • Strain-dependent behaviour

  • Conclusions

  • Acknowledgments

  • References

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