Strain Accumulation in Soft Marine Clay due to One-Way Cyclic Load with Variable Confining Pressure

Figure 4

Typical stress–strain hysteretic loops: (a) CSR = 0.347, η^ampl = 3; (b) CSR = 0.347, η^ampl = 0.5; (c) CSR = 0.625, η^ampl = 1; (d) CSR = 0.625, η^ampl = 0.5.

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