Research Article

Experimental Study on the Dynamic Modulus and Damping Ratio of Compacted Loess under Circular Dynamic Stress Paths

Table 5

The percentage increase of initial compressive modulus and initial shear modulus of compacted loess with different dry density when deviator stress ratio η = 0.4 compared to η = 0.

Dry densityDynamic modulus
Relative increase percentage of (%)Relative increase percentage of (%)

 = 1.62 g/cm331.643.1
 = 1.52 g/cm387.867.1
 = 1.44 g/cm382.820.4