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Figure 2. Stress Reversal Points.
Figure 3. Post-cyclic Effective Stress Paths and Stress-Strain Relationships.
Figure 4. Post-cyclic Effective Stress Paths and Stress-Strain Relationships for Post-Cyclic Tests at 0.7% Cyclic Amplitude.
5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors are grateful to National University of Singapore for
the provision of laboratory facilities, without which the research
will not be possible. In particular, the main author will like to
thank National University of Singapore for the research
opportunity given through the award of research scholarship.
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