Post-long-term cyclic behaviour of Coode Island Silt (CIS) containing different sand content

A simple experimental method to regain the mechanical behavior of naturally structured marine clays

“…These clays are habitually encountered and dealt in ocean 3/48 geotechnical engineering [3,4], and constitute one of the typical strata in the shallow range of deep-water seabed [5,6]. Such clays are considered to be as the problematic soils because of high compressibility, poor shear strength and high-water content which cause a severe construction challenge for the geotechnical engineers in the marine environment [7][8][9][10]. Since the strength of such clays is generally governed by their structure [11] which becomes unstable and break down under loading, the soil structure assessment of such kinds of clays becomes crucial.…”