Abstract: Pore pressure controls the overall behavior of soils. Pore pressures and soil structure combines to produce a response which is an interaction of the two. Both static and dynamic load transfer is accomplished through a soil particle structure which is primarily a function of any unexpelled pore water pressures.
Positive pore pressure responses reduce the normal effective stress (strength) of soils and generally have a destabilizing effect on any geotechnical structure. On the other hand contractive soil responds to loading with a negative pore pressure.
The resulted outcome of such pore pressure responses includes liquefaction which requires careful assessment in geotechnical engineering and construction.
Keywords: Pore Pressure, Soil, Dynamic Loading, Static Loading, liquefaction.
Title: Pore Pressure Response of Soils under Dynamic and Static Loading Conditions
Author: Oruabena Bernard, George Deinbofa, Okiridu M. Ugochuckwu, Odoh C. Blessing
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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