Abstract A series of undrained tests were carried out on Hangzhou soft clay with a hollow cylinder apparatu,and the elastic parameters were obtained at first,on the basis of which the non-coaxial development behavior of soft clay was studied as well as the influence of intermediate principal stress parameter,elastic strains,intermediate principal stress parameter,deviatoric stress and induced anisotropy on non-coaxiality. The results show that the non-coaxiality of soft clay is similar to that of sand,but they are far from identical. Regardless of intact soft clay or remodeled soft clay,the non-coaxial angle fluctuates with the increase of angle of principal stress,of which the cycle period is 90°. The non-coaxial angle basically decreases with the increase of intermediate principal stress parameter. The elastic strains have a significant effect on the angle of non-coaxiality at the beginning of loading,and it will overestimate the non-coaxiality of soft clay if not considering the elastic strains. The deviatoric stress has certain effect on the angle of non-coaxial as well as its development trend,and the larger the deviatoric stress is,the smaller the angle of non-coaxiality is. As to the test of remodeled soft clay,it shows that the non-coaxiality is not only entirely determined by the inherent anisotropy,the induced anisotropy also has a great impact.
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