It seems that the soil-elements in the slope and near the structures are usually subjected the initial shear stress. Therefore, it is important for earthquake engineering to study the dynamic characteristics and strength of saturated clay sustained shear stress. So, in order to investigate the effects of sustained shear stress Δτ on the dynamic strength of saturated clay, this experiment was carried out using a dynamic simple shear test apparatus and the dynamic strength was compared with the static strength under various stress conditions. It is concluded that the dynamic strength decreases in proportion to the number of cycles of cyclic shear stress n_<&fnof