Shear Strength of Quasi-Overconsolidated Clay Induced by Cyclic Loading

The clay consolidated after appling cyclic shear is in the state of quasi-overconsolidation. In order to investigate the characteristics of shear strength and of consolidation of quasi-overconsolidated clay, static shear tests and consolidation tests are performed, using the simple shear test apparatus. Then, the results are compared with the ones for the overconsolidated clay. As a conclusion, it is clarified that the quasi-overconsolidated clay induced by cyclic loading is affected with the disturbances of fabrics, compared with the overcosolidated clay induced under static conditions.