Table 2 Summary of cyclic triaxial tests.

From: A long term resilient modulus rate dependent model for coarse fine mixtures geomaterials under freezing and thawing cyclic

Test name

Cycle loading frequency, fcyc (Hz)

Freezing–thawing cycle, NFT

Fines matrix content, FC (%)

Confining pressure, q3 (kPa)

Deviator stress amplitude, qcyc (kPa)

Number of load applications, N

UFT1/FT2

20

0/10

21

60

50/75/100/125

90,000 × 4 = 360,000

FT3/FT4/FT5

5/10/15

10

21

FT6/FT7/FT8

20

10

6/11/16

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